"placebo" meaning in Middle English

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          "ref": "a. 1380, John Wycliffe, Of feyned contemplatif lif, of ſong, of þe ordynal of ſalisbury, & of bodely almes & worldly byſyneſse of preſtis; hou bi þes foure þe fend lettiþ hem fro prechynge of þe gospel:",
          "text": "Þan were matynys & maſse & euen ſong, placebo & dirige & comendacion & matynes of oure lady ordeyned of ſynful men, to be ſongen wiþ heiȝe criynge to lette men fro þe ſentence & vnderſtondynge of þat þat was þus ſongen, & to maken men wery & vndiſpoſid to ſtudie goddis lawe for akyng of hedis[…]",
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        "The vespers sung in the office for the dead."
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        "(Christianity) The vespers sung in the office for the dead."
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        "Talk for buttering someone up, making them sycophantic or pleasing them."
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        "A representation or exemplar of adulation or sycophancy."
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          "representation",
          "representation"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/plaːˈsɛːbɔː/"
    }
  ],
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          "ref": "a. 1380, John Wycliffe, Of feyned contemplatif lif, of ſong, of þe ordynal of ſalisbury, & of bodely almes & worldly byſyneſse of preſtis; hou bi þes foure þe fend lettiþ hem fro prechynge of þe gospel:",
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        "(Christianity) The vespers sung in the office for the dead."
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      "ipa": "/plaːˈsɛːbɔː/"
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