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praecipitarius

praecipitarius [CL praecipitare+-arius] 1 pertaining to a (down)fall, (patibulum ~ium) device for hanging criminal, gallows, gibbet. s1242 ad caudas equorum ipse, et xvj socii ejus, ad patibulum ~ium tractus, suspensus est M. Par. Min. II 463 (cf. id. Maj. IV 196: ad illam penalem machinam que vulgariter gibbetus dicitur)). 2 (as sb., mil.) sort of siege engine. dictum castrum ‥ infatigabiliter ‥ compactis ~iis impegerunt M. Par. Maj. IV 206.

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