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pietantia [pietans pr. ppl. of pietare as sb. f.; cf. CL pietas] 1 donation for pious purpose: a (allowance for extra food, usu. on feast day or anniversary); b (applied to other purpose). a assignavit ~iam propter cenas conventus Cart. Rams. III 184.  b 1431 in una ~ia solita dari conventui in obitu Johannis Fossour, modo assignata ad sustentacionem vestimentorum altaris sancti Nicholai, x s. Ac. Durh. 288. 2 dole, pittance, extra portion, special meal or sum of money. 1235 sciatis me dedisse ‥ xx solidos sterlingorum annuatim ‥ ad ~iam ‥ monachorum die anniversario ejusdem Hugonis Cart. Lindores 17; s1248 de ipsius etiam bonis procuratum est quod ‥ ~ia conventui omni die Lune, quando festum non fuerit, perpetuo detur Ann. Dunstable 177; ad unam ~iam annuam conventui in festo undecim millium virginum inveniendam Melrose II app. 17; pitawnce, ~ia, -e PP; 1444 lego conventui ‥ ad ~iam, decem marcas sterlingorum Test. Ebor. II 108; 1449 lego ad ~iam sociorum et scholarium ‥ sex solidos MunAcOx 593; 1452 volo ‥ quod habeant in communi pro una ~ia in prandio et cena quadraginta denarios pro illo die Ib. 623; c1518 solut’ ad manus lardinarii pro ~ia ‥ subcapellani DCCant. DE/31 p. 11. 3 mass on anniversary of person’s death, said in exchange for donation. 1275 quos quidem quatuor solidos ‥ attornavi ad unam ~iam faciendam in conventu Osneiensi annuatim in perpetuum in die anniversarii mei obitus pro anima mea Ambrosden I 400.

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