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wardianus (g-) [AN gardein, gardian, wardain, ME gardein, gardian, wardein] 1 warden, guardian, supervisor. ibidem ‥ habeant [juvenes] gardianum aut unum alium maturum ‥ qui eis divina celebret et communicet, honesto modo Amund. I 108; quod fratres fraternitatis aut gilde sic incepte ‥ singulis annis duos magistros et duos gardianos de seipsis eligere possint qui ‥ supervisionem fraternitatis ‥ ac custodiam omnium ‥ possessionum ‥ habeant Gild Merch. II 61; †gardicius [l. gardianus], a wardeyn WW. 2 guardian (of minor). 1571 Thomas B. filius junior et proximus heres Roberti ‥ Ricardus P. gardianus predicti Thome Crawley 526 (cf. Jus Feudale 286: tutoris et curatoris nomina apud Anglos rara sunt, utrique guardiani dicuntur). 3 warden (w. ref. to territorial or local admin.). b (~us Insularum) Warden of the Channel Islands. c (~us Marchiarum) Warden of the Marches (charged with supervision of borderlands between England and Scotland). 1392 arestatus est major Londoniarum et ‥ rex de suis militibus provideret aliquem qui rector foret et ‘custos civitatis’ vocaretur ‥ quem alio nomine vocamus vulgariter 'gardianum' Wals. HA II 209; gardianus habeat unum rotulum et aldermannus unum contrarotulum de omnibus placitis coram eis placitatis MGL I 253; 1482 Jacobo comiti Buchanie, gardiano medie warde, pro feodo suo gardianatus ExchScot 186.  b 1240 et erat preceptum gardinis insularum quatenus omnia bona omnium regni alienigenarum in manu regis caperentur CartINorm. 398.  c s1404 Jacobus de Douglas, gardianus marchiarum Plusc. X 21; 1465 in presencia ‥ Johannis Nevill comitis Northumbrensis ‥ ac Marciarum orientalium et mediarum Anglie versus Scociam gardiani Pri. Cold. 197. 4 (ecclesiae ~us or sim.) churchwarden. 1462 computus ‥ ejusdem ecclesie gardianorum Ac. Churchw. Sal. 7; 1542 gardianos ecclesie beate Marie Magdallene Cart. Osney III 292. 5 (mon.): a superior (of monastery or sim., esp. of Franciscan friary). b warden (of manors). a 1241 litteras ‥ fratris Ernaldi, gardiani fratrum minorum Agenensium Cl 368; gardianus fratrum minorum Londoniarum Leg. Ant. Lond. 134; ~um fratrum minorum Kilkennie Proc. A. Kyteler 13; 1327 in hoc capitulo factus est custos Oxon' fr. J. de Notingham, gardianus Rading' fr. W. de Assewell Collect. Francisc. I 147; 1549 frater Andreas Cottis, guardianus dicti ordinis apud Sanctum Andream Conc. Scot. II 84.  b gardiani, qui et obedienciarii, tenentur interesse nocte dieque servicio divino, cum domi fuerint ‥ nec extra portas ad custodias suas exire Cust. Cant. I 147; gardiani prediorum Let. Ch. Ch. 14. 6 (acad.) warden (of college or school). 1412 omnes gardiani, custodes, prepositi, et rectores collegiorum StatOx 222; 1432 domino Ric. Barton tunc gardiano collegii nostri in Oxon. Ac. Durh. 231; 1451 lego custodi sive gardiano collegii de Tatteshall Test. Ebor. II 197. 7 (as sb. n., in gl.) wallet, bag, sack. wallet, sek, poke ‥ gardianum, -i. n. PP.

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