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Noun

1. 1
   Obsolete spelling of perpend (“a stone which passes through a wall from side to side, having two smooth vertical faces”). alt-of, obsolete

   "The altar set on a foot pace about three feet from the east wall, with a low stone perpeyn wall at its back."

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"The altar set on a foot pace about three feet from the east wall, with a low stone perpeyn wall at its back."

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