Middle English Dictionary Entry
Ar(i)opagīte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Ar(i)opagīte n. |
| Etymology | L, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A member of the Athenian court which met on the Areopagus, Areopagite.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 17.34 : Summe..bileuyden, In the whiche and Dionyse Ariopagite [L Areopagita; WB(2): Aropagite was], or greet man of comun scole.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1752 : Þe grete worþi Dionisius, Whiche at Athens..Was called in scolis Aropagite [vr. the Ariapogite].