basoche
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editbasoche (plural basoches)
French
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editEtymology
editInherited from Old French basoche, besoiche, from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ). The phonetic evolution was special in this case, as the expected result would be *baseuche (cf. the place name La Bazeuge). Doublet of the borrowing basilique.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbasoche f (plural basoches)
- the guild of legal clerks of the Paris court system under the pre-revolutionary French monarchy, from among whom legal representatives (procureurs) were recruited; basoche
Further reading
edit- “basoche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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