Middle English Dictionary Entry
dīocẹ̄sān adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dīocẹ̄sān adj. & n. Also diosesan. |
| Etymology | ML diocēsānus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Diocesan; bishop ~, the bishop of a diocese; -- (a) as adj.; (b) as noun.
Associated quotations
a
- c1460 Oseney Reg.19/4 : Þe lawfull ryȝght and reuerence of þe bisshop Diocesane.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)676/19 : The lawfull right and reverence of the Bisshoppe diocesane.
b
- (a1443) *Pet.Chanc.PRO ser.CP 1 file 12no.196 : The Bysshope of landaff, Diocesan of the saide Priorie.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)61/4 : Whanne a man..is bodyn com hom to his dyocesan, or to his ordynarye, to takyn his penauns of hym.
- a1500 Play Sacr.(Dub 652)776 : Be my defensour in owr dyocesans syght; For an heretyke I feare he wyll me take.
- a1500 3rd Fran.Rule (Seton)51/32 : It shalbe as the mynisters woll have it with the councell of the diosesan.