Middle English Dictionary Entry
empīriāl adj. as n.
Entry Info
| Forms | empīriāl adj. as n. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. empiri, emperien.
1.
Belonging to the empyreum; also as n., the highest of the heavenly spheres.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Marion ABC (Arun 168)146 : Xcelente empresse in þe emperiall of heuen.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450(1438) GLeg.Ascension (GiL64) (Eg 876)331/250 : Aboue alle the material heuenes..in that imperial heuene is the propre and most special duellyng place of oure Lorde Ihesu Crist and of aungels and of other seintes.
- c1450(1438) GLeg.Andrew (GiL1) (Eg 876)11/300 : The erthe is highest..in heuene imperiall [F emperial; L empyreo], wher that the bodi of Ihesu Crist is.
Note: New spelling. These quots. from the Gilte Legende may belong to imperial adj., and represent a mistranslation of the source.