portitorius

portitorius [CL portare+-torius; cf. LL portatorius; cf. et. CL portitorius = connected with import or export dues] , concerned with carrying or that can be carried or transported, portable, (as sb. n.): a sort of stick or staff. b portable breviary, portas, or ? f. l. a ~ium vel porticulum, baculus lixarum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 484; 1352 in portitor’ empt’ pro stottis iij d. (Godmersham) Ac. Man. Cant. (cf. (Chartham) ib.: 1371 in portours emptis iiij d.)). b 1242 omnes libros meos theologie quos habeo et habiturus sum, gradale, troperium, et portetorium [? l. porteforium] Cart. Eynsham II 175; 1282 precipimus ‥ scolaribus nostris ‥ ut portitorium [? l. portiforium] quod eis pro anima dilecti mariti nostri concessimus diligenter custodiant Deeds Balliol 279.

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