Definitions
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- noun (Mus.) The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church.
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- noun The
private orchestra orband of aprince orchurch .
Etymologies
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Although this citation has generally been taken as evidence that Prioris was still the king's maistre de chapelle at the time, Vatican documents refer to Hylaire Bernoneau as ‘magister capelle Christianissimi francorum regis’ as early as 1510.
Archive 2009-05-01 Lu 2009
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Magister noster Magister Johannes Major doctor theologus in Parisiensis et thesaurarius capelle regis.
The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics Alexander F. Mitchell
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_Invenit abusum capelle et ab ipsa denominatus est: ab ordine recedens factus leprosus laqueo ut Judas se suspendit.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier 1893
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