Middle English Dictionary Entry
endǒuing ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | endǒuing ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The action of providing (someone) with a livelihood, wealth, or income; endowment.
Associated quotations
- ?c1450(?a1400) Wycl.Clergy HP (Lamb 551)388 : Þe endowynge of þe clergy wiþ worldly lordeschipe owȝt not to be callid almes.
- ?c1450(?a1400) Wycl.Clergy HP (Lamb 551)379 : Þe endowynge of þe clergi is groundid vp-on þis dede.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)154 : Howe gret gode woll growe off the fferme endowynge off þe crowne.