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nowel

American  
[noh-el] / noʊˈɛl /

noun

Archaic.
  1. Noel.


Nowel British  
/ nəʊˈɛl /

noun

  1. archaic spellings of Noel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of nowel

1300–50; Middle English < Middle French no ( u ) el Noel


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Before Roger Nowel and Nicholas Banester, Esquires, two of his Maiesties Iustices of the Peace, within the said Countie. viz.

From Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Thomas Potts

We don't cry Nowel any more; instead we petition the janitor to send up a little more steam.

From Pipefuls by Christopher Morley

Before Roger Nowel and Nicholas Banister, Esquires, two of his Maiesties Iustices of the Peace within the said Countie. viz.

From Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Thomas Potts

Before Roger Nowel and Nicholas Banester, Esquires, the day and yeare aforesaid.

From Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Thomas Potts

He was attended on his death-bed by Gravet, vicar of St. Sepulchre, and Dr. Nowel, the learned dean of St. Paul's, who gave ample testimony to the decency and devotion of his concluding life.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Samuel Johnson

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