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lipsanum

lipsanum [LL < λείψανον], ~ium , remaining part, relic (of body; also fig.). presulis hic redolent Ælfrici lypsana summi (Ælf. Gl. pref.) WW 104n; visitatio omnium sanctorum patronorum ecclesie ~iis W. Cant. Mir. Thom. I 489; nec longius ab ara, Filii mei corpus continente, fratris ‥ aut sororis ~a deponite Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 1 p. 76; procedit ad sacrosanctum locellum ‥ martyris Edmundi concludentem ~um Ciren. I 364.

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