Middle English Dictionary Entry
exhortāciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | exhortāciǒun n. Also exort-. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Exhortation, admonition, or an instance of it; (b) urging.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Tim.4.13 : The while I come, taak tent to redinge, to exortacioun, or monestyng, and teching.
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 13.15 : If þer be any worde of exhortacyon vnto þo puple.
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 14.21 : Þei..made exhortacyone to hem þat þei schulde dwelle in þo faiþe.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)93/11 : Many good exhortacyonys.
- c1440 ?Lydg.Charters (Add 14848)222 : For to receyve his exortaciouns.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)88 : The office of preching is ful profitable into the eende of exortacioun.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)178/15 : To say to Alexaundre..some good exortacions.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)119 : He ȝaue swech exhortaciones on to his lederes þat yei..beleued in our lord.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)82 : Augustin [was] converted..be the exortacion of Simpliciane.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.323 : By the exhortacion of somme Cristen man.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.73 : Somme [fables] be feynede for cause of vtilite to the exhortacion of peple.
b
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)235 : Thorgh his styring and exortacioun With hym they went to byld first this toun.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.1878 : Thoruh fals counsail and exortaciouns Off Iezabel.
- (c1462) Stonor Suppl.7 : With diverse exortacions.