Middle English Dictionary Entry
arch(i)triclin n.
Entry Info
| Forms | arch(i)triclin n. Also (from OF) archidecline. |
| Etymology | ML, ultim. Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The master of the feast at Cana in Galilee (John 2.1-10); -- both as common noun and proper name.
Associated quotations
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)272 : Wateir he turnide to win..He heit þat me sulde it þen archtriclin brinke.
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)217/96 : Þo seide ure lord..Moveth to gidere and bereth to Architriclin.
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)1715 : At þulke feste was gret pris Of Archetriclin and of his.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 2.8-9 : Jhesu seith to hem, Drawe ȝe now, and bere ȝe to [WB(2): to the] architriclyn, that is, prince in the hous of thre stagis.
- a1425 HBk.GDei (Arun 507)149 : He halowid wedlaik in architriclynes howse.
- ?1435(1432) Lydg.Hen.VI Entry (Jul B.2)312 : The water off Archedeclyne [vr. Archideclyne], Which by miracle was turned into wyne.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)248/152 : At the ffeste of architreclyn this prophete he was.