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tortex, ~essa, ~ica, ~icus, ~icius, ~icium [cf. 4 torta, OF tortis], light made with wax or sim., candle or torch, ‘tortis’. b ? holder for torch or candle. c1247 duo luminaria cerea honeste magnitudinis facta ad modum ~iceorum Conc. Syn. 404; 1275 Stephano Joignur pro ij forcer' ad ~icas ad opus regis (Works) KR Ac 467/6-2; militi ‥ cotidie liberetur ‥ unus ~icius cum sex minutis candelis cere Fleta 70; 1292 in uno ~ice de cera, xxxiiij s. v d. KR Ac 308/15 m. 8; 1327 in cera pro candelis et ~icis faciendis empta Comp. Swith. 255; 1339 semper habeantur duo magna ~icia ‥ que quotidie accendantur Stat. Ottery St. M. 237; 1385 in iiij tortiseis, xviij d. Ac. Durh. 594; 1393 habebit ‥ duos magnos ~ices de cera pro tota mora sua, et qualibet nocte duos minores ~ices et xxiiij candelas de cera (Feod. Cant.) Reg. Exon. VIII 50; 1397 solvere ij d. annuatim ad sustentacionem tortisiorum Vis. Heref. II 447; 1447 volo quod ordinentur sex ~ices ‥ arsure usque corpus meum sepultum (Test.) MunAcOx 558; ~icei quos ‥ armigeri in manibus sine lumine apportaverunt ‥ illuminantur W. Say Lib. Reg. Cap. 71; 1451 lego ecclesie predicte residuum duorum ~icorum quos ordinavi ardendos circa corpus meum (Test.) MunAcOx 622; 1454 pro vasto cere †tortitorum [l. ~icorum] Ac. Churchw. Som 95; 1454 remanent in scaccario ‥ iiij torchez, iij ~esse pro mensa Ac. Durh. 149; 1474 pro vasto iij li. cere in ~icibus ‥ accensis in adventu domini regis in nocte Ac. Chamb. Cant. 143. b 1274 Willelmo Fabro pro v turticis ferreis, x d. (Works) KR Ac 467/6-6 m. 3; hic cerius, a serge. hic ~icus ‥ a sergberger WW.

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