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a vicar who once served in a cathedral (7)
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Stallar
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stallar ˈstallar, ˈstallary1ScottishEccl. Hist.
Also staller.
[ad. med.L. stallārius, f. stallum, stalla stall n.1]
(See quots.)
1561–2 in G. Chalmers Caledonia (1824) III. vi. viii. 664 [Out of this revenue, he had to pay a vicar pensioner, who did the parochial duty, and a] stallar [or vicar, who served for him in the choir of the cathedral]. 1861 C. Innes Sk. Early Sc. Hist. 82 The bishop and dignitaries were bound to provide priests as their cathedral vicars or stallers. 1875 A. Smith Hist. Aberdeensh. I. 607 In 1437, the prebendary of Philorth was required to find a sub-deacon as his vicar, or ‘stallar’, to serve in the cathedral. 1885 R. Naismith Stonehouse 110 The ‘stallers’ or prebendaries of Bothwell. 1910 J. Dowden Medieval Ch. Scot. iv. 66 This deputy, was known as the canon's ‘Vicar of the Choir’, or ‘Vicar Choral’. Another name frequently applied to this official is ‘stallary’ (stallarius), that is, vicar attached to the canon's stall in the cathedral, as distinguished from the vicar in charge of the canon's parish.
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Xposts - thanks
I think this is the 'Herald' so made me think it may be Scottish.
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Thanks Mamyalynne - brilliant !

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