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a calling, summoning
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  • Seó godcunde gelaðung

    euocatio diuina,

      R. Ben. 23, 14.
those who are called, a church; ecclesia.
the whole body of Christians on earth, the church
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  • Ealle Godes cyrcan synd tó ánre getealde, and seó is seó gelaðung þe wé embe sprecað . . . Nú syndon ealle Crístene men ánum naman gehátene, . . . seó hálige gelaðung þe gelýfð nú on God,

      Hml. A. 29, 115-123.

  • Críst ús circean árǽrde, þe is his gelaðung,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 2.
a particular part of the general body, a church
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  • Ðæt Crístes gelaðung, ðe ðá git was níwe on Engla lande, nǽre bútan ãrbiscope,

      Chr. 616; P. 22, 35.

  • On þǽra gewitnysse þe þú (

    the bishop

    ) wissian scealt on þissere gelaðunge,
      Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 37.
the assembly of saints in heaven
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  • Hí ǽfre wuniað on ðǽre écan gelaðunge,

      Hml. A. 29, 120.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-laþung.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/48577.

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