Middle English Dictionary Entry
depōsiciọ̄n n.
Entry Info
| Forms | depōsiciọ̄n n. Also deposition. |
| Etymology | OF & L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Removal from office or position; esp., the deposing of a king; (b) the interment of a saint; (c) a statement, or statements, made in court or under oath; legal testimony; also, a document containing such testimony.
Associated quotations
a
- (1399) RParl.3.452a : If this same Lordes..be aherdaunt to Richard, that was Kyng and is deposed, in counsel..agayns that deposition..that thei be in peyne of Treson.
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)41 : Alle the states..assentyd and consentyd that it shulde be procedid fforth to the kyngis deposicion.
- (1441) Visit.Alnwick9 : Also we enioyne yowe, prioresse, vndere payne of deposicyone, that..all the munymentes of your place be surely keppede in a chyste.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.283 : This Pipinus the secunde..after the deposicion of kynge Hildericus, was made kynge.
b
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)107/16 : In þe first ȝere of his deposicion and so forth oþir ȝeres, wer many myracles doo at his graue.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)242/10 : In yche yere at the day of his deposicion, þe see schuld goo vp..be space of thre myle.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)243/13 : And in the day of his deposicion, be deuelis ifledde and seke men helyd.
c
- (1425) Proc.Privy C.3.172 : Þe othes and deposicions as wele of Inglisshmen as Scottesmen, we sende to your saide hieghnesse þe copies closed within þees.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)323 : The bisschoppis þat wer þer mad deposicion Of a grete defaute.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.90/21 : Of þe saide witnessis deposicions fully i-preued, we haue i-founde and i-groundid.
- (1465) Paston4.152 : His examinacion was wreten in a longe bille of parchemyn, accordyng to the deposicion in the Spirituall Coorte.
- (1465) Paston4.177 : Therfor I askyd off the juge hys accounts, and specyally the deposicionys and attestacionys off the wytteness that wer swor in the seyd codicill.