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Spicer means (uncommon, historical) One who seasons with spice..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(uncommon, historical) One who seasons with spice..
And finally, at end of a banquet when candied spices were served, the First Chamberlain handed the dragée box to the Spicer for an assay, and then passed it to the senior person of the Duke's Houshold present; this person presented the box to the Prince, and then returned it to the First Chamberlain, who in turn replaced it into the hands of the Spicer - always assuming this last person to have survived the earlier assay of his product!
[…] they [professional cooks] had as many as 25 helpers, such as saucerers, larders, roasters, pottagers, bakers, spicers, and fruiterers, not to mention spit turners and scullions.
In Britain in the Middle Ages every Royal palace and great household had a Spicer or Pepperer.
There are only 13 plots […] and a limited number of story spicers — deception, mistaken identity, unnatural affection […]
In Europe cloves from the Indonesian archipelago were prized as a medicine, especially for toothache, as well as a spicer of food and drink.
The purpose of the book is to encourage readers to know that 'variety is the spice of life', and that Jesus is the "Spicer", who brings that variety to our lives!
The pepperers, spicers, &c. afterwards went to Bucklersbury, where they sold their commodities in the open air.
In the same place, under the same date, occurs the other of the extinct company of spicers […]
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Spicer means (uncommon, historical) One who seasons with spice..
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And finally, at end of a banquet when candied spices were served, the First Chamberlain handed the dragée box to the Spicer for an assay, and then passed it to the senior person of the Duke's Houshold present; this person presented the box to the Prince, and then returned it to the First Chamberlain, who in turn replaced it into the hands of the Spicer - always assuming this last person to have survived the earlier assay of his product!
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