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pistol-rǽdere

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Substitute: A subdeacon, who reads the epistle in the service
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  • Gescrýdde mid mæssehacelum sácerd, diácon and pistelrǽdere

    (subdiaconus)

    ádreógan þénunga hyra . . . Pistolrǽdere, swá oft swá hé mid mæssehacelan byþ gescrýd, hé dó of hí þænne hé rǽd pistel; þǽm gerǽddum eft mid þǽre hé sí gescrýd, Angl. xiii. 406, 581-586.
  • Þænne se pistelrǽdere gá upp tó rǽdenne þá rǽdincge,

      417, 739.
  • Andswarigende twégen pistelrǽderas standende tóforan þǽre róde hí singan, on Grécisc,

      418, 757.
  • Cf. sub-, under-diácon.
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