Crants
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Crants is a noun meaning (obsolete) A garland carried before the bier of a maiden and subsequently hung over the grave.
Meaning
(obsolete) A garland carried before the bier of a maiden and subsequently hung over the grave.
Example Sentences
Why forsooth? because the filthy queane weares a craunce, and is a French woman forsooth.
Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants, / Her maiden strewments, and the bringing home / Of bell and burial.
In the parish church at Matlock six exceptionally well-preserved garlands, known locally as crantses, hang in a glass-fronted cupboard in the south-west porch.
Dr. Furnivall has lately seen in the aisle of Ashford Church, near Bakewell, in Derbyshire, five of the "virgin crantses," or "maidens' garlands," which the priests allowed Ophelia's corpse — with other rites — by "great command."
Word Forms
- crantses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crone, crumenal, crony, cravating, crane, cranze.
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