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spĕcĭārĭus, a, um, a false read., Caes. B. C. 3, 53 fin.

speciarius, spiciarius [CL species+-arius, cf. ME spicer, spec(i)er, AN espec(i)er, espicier, spycer, spicer] 1 (as sb. m.) spicer, one who deals in or is responsible for spices; b (passing into surname). 1190 Willelmo speciario de Rothomago pro speciebus emendis ‥ ad opus domini regis xx l. Pipe 3; 1278 specir' (Rotulus de stallagiis) Law Merch. I xl; 1315 pro zucar' empto pro coquina in defectu officii speciar' KR Ac 376/4; libra subtilis conceditur specietariis pro labore eorum in omnibus que teruntur pistelle, ut in pulveribus ‥ sed non de aliis grossis speciebus Cust. Cant. 33; 1438 speciario domus nostrae pro j grangia et j crofta Comp. Swith. 443; 1477 specinario domus nostre pro grangia et crofta Ib. 455. b 1176 in perdona per breve regis Willelmo speciario Pipe 14; c1205 Willelmo Spesario Cart. Osney II 424; 1248 Radulfum Spiciarium (Trial of the Pix) Oxnead Chr. app. 316; c1251 Roger Spicerius Cart. Cockersand 1223. 2 (as sb. f. or n.) spice (as commodity); b (pl.). 1236 Joceo speciar' de London' vj lib. x s. ij d. pro speceria ab eo empta Liberate 11 m. 23 (15); 1265 vinis, pannis, cera et speciaria indigemus Cl 26; nos secreto dabimus vobis ad speciariam xl solidos Lib. Mem. Bernewelle 81; 1303 pro viij libratis specerie et mercerie ij s. EEC 328 (cf. ib. 327: ix libratis mercerie et specierum); 1313 pro ij lb. grani paradisi ‥ et aliis diversis particulis speciarie per ipsum emptis KR Ac 375/9 f. 22; 1342 pro diversis particulis cere, speciarie, mapparie, tele ‥ et aliarum rerum diversarum ‥ cariandis (AcWardr) Ib. 389/14 m. 8. b 1270 pro cera et spiceriis Rec. Leic. I 126; 1297 preter ceram et speciarias Doc. Scot. II 147; 1307 in speceris Rec. Leic. I 260; 1308 in speceriis Ib.. 3 (as sb. f.) place where spices are kept, spicery (also as department of household). b district or street in which spices are traded. 1286 pro xxviij ulnis canabi emptis ad cooperiendam speseriam existentem in eisdem carectis Rec. Wardr. 334; 1390 clerico speciarie ‥ pro iij quaternis pergameni Ac. H. Derby 5; 1397 serviens noster spicerie nostre Pat 346 m. 28; 1423 spiceria. et de iiij l. receptis pro j spysce-plate deaurato Test. Ebor. III 78; 1454 clericus spisarie nostre Pat 479 m. 13. b c1279 [a shop in the Spicery] spicieria [of Westchepe] (Cal. Test.) Nott. Med. Stud. III 28; c1314 [in the Spicery] speciaria [of the Chepe] (Cal. LBLond. C 238) Ib. III 33.

, Specierum, rerumve quarumcumque et supellectilium negotiator. Sacram. eorum qui ad nundinas urbis S. Martini confluebant apud Murator. tom. 2. Antiq. Ital. med. ævi col. 882 : Scribimus juramentum, quod cambiatores et Speciarii omnes istius curtis tempore Rangerii episcopi fecerunt, ut omnes homines possint cum fiducia cambiare et vendere et emere. Juraverunt omnes cambiatores et Speciarii, etc. Ubi cum de Cambiatoribus et Speciariis dumtaxat sermo sit ; hac ultima voce quoscumque negotiatores, non seplasiarios aut aromatarios tantum indicatos recte putat doctissimus Editor. Vide Species 2. Pro Aromatariis, vide in Species 6. Espicier vero in aula regia appellabatur is, qui condimentis saccharo confectis præerat. Stat. pro hospitio reg. ann. 1317. in Reg. Cam. Comput. Paris. sign. Croix fol. 71. r° : Item le roy aura touzjours à court quatre valez de chambre et non plus, le barbier, l'Espicier, le tailleur et un autre mangent à cour. Vide in Species 6.

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