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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1571
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Stole, n. Also: stol, stoill, stoyl(l, stool. [ME and e.m.E. stole (Rolle), stool (Caxton), OF estole (c1130 in Larousse), eccl. L. stola, f. the Gk.]
1. A long robe. Also fig.Chiefly translating L. stola in Nisbet after Purvey.a1400 Legends of the Saints xliv 138.
Sic wordis suld thu nocht say ws, Bot erare lyk thé til a fole, As thu art cled in Cristis stole c1520-c1535 Nisbet Mark xii 38.
Be ye war of scribes, that will gang in stoolis [W. stoolis, P. stolis] c1520-c1535 Nisbet Mark xvi 5.
Thai yede into the sepulture, and thai saw a yonngling, clethit with a quhyte stole c1520-c1535 Nisbet Luke xv 22.
And the fadere said to his seruandis, suythe bring ye furthe the first stole, and cleithe ye himfig. c1520-c1535 Nisbet Ep. Ald Test. xix 5.
With the stole of glorie it sal cleth him
2. An ecclesiastical stole, the narrow strip of silk or linen worn by a priest over the shoulders and hanging down to the knees. b. transf. A heraldic symbol.For further examples see Alb(e n.c1420 Wynt. ix 597.
Wyth a prestis vestment hale, … Wyth stole and fannowne lyk to tha 1449 Innes Rev. XVII 60.
Ane chissabel of silk with ane albanat stole and fannoun 1501 Treasurer's Accounts II 65.
iiij elne grene damas to be stoles and fannounis c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 162/55.
Thocht he come hame a new maid channoun … On him come nowther stole nor fannoun 1534 Treasurer's Accounts VI 201.
Stoill 1536 Ayr Common Good Acc.
Item 1 oz. bukram to lyn the stoylis of our lady alter with xx d. 1544 Acts & Decr. X 280.
Twa capis of blak velvut … , dakin and subdekin of the samyn with stoillis, fannykillis tharto c1550 Coll. St. Salvator 123 n.
Al thir foirsaidis xviii albis hes parrablis stollis fanallis and beltis of variant silk 1552 Coll. St. Salvator 156 n. 3.
Ane clayth of blak worsat for the samyn stoill 1559 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I lxxxix.
Stols 1561 Q. Kennedy Compendious Ressonyng (ed.) 180/4.
The stoill signifeis the corde quhairwith Christ was bound to the pillare quhen he was scurgit 1562 Inv. Q. Mary 54.
Stoyllis 1571 Cal. Sc. P. III 609.
[When I stood with the] stoill [about my neck, how many bishops bore the burden on their backs but I?]b. 1494 Loutfut MS 35b.
A stole … signifies the band that our Lord wes bownd with be his sufferance and humblenesse and signifies at he that first bure it in armes wes … humble & suete and pacient and trew saiand as a prest quhen he has the stole
