"purpre" meaning in Middle English

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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Saint Jerome says that wives that are appareled in silk and in precious purple can not clothe themselves in Jesus Christ.",
          "roman": "Seint Ierome seith, that wyves that been apparailled in silk and in precious purpre ne mowe nat clothen hem in Iesu Crist.",
          "text": "late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 80, line 933",
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      "glosses": [
        "purple"
      ],
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  "word": "purpre"
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "english": "Saint Jerome says that wives that are appareled in silk and in precious purple can not clothe themselves in Jesus Christ.",
          "roman": "Seint Ierome seith, that wyves that been apparailled in silk and in precious purpre ne mowe nat clothen hem in Iesu Crist.",
          "text": "late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 80, line 933",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "purple"
      ],
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  "word": "purpre"
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