basoche

== English == === Etymology === French. Doublet of basilica. === Noun === basoche (plural basoches) A guild of legal clerks in pre-revolutionary France. == French == === Alternative forms === bazoche === Etymology === Inherited from Old French basoche, besoiche, from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ). The phonetic evolution was special in this case, as the expected result would be *baseuche (cf. the place name La Bazeuge). Doublet of the borrowing basilique. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.zɔʃ/ === Noun === basoche f (plural basoches) the guild of legal clerks of the Paris court system under the pre-revolutionary French monarchy, from among whom legal representatives (procureurs) were recruited; basoche === Further reading === “basoche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012