Middle English Dictionary Entry
in principiō phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | in principiō phr. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In the beginning; -- first words of a formula used by begging friars [cp. John 1.1].
Associated quotations
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.254 : For thogh a wydwe hadde noght a sho, So plesant was his In principio, Yet wolde he haue a ferthyng er he wente.