Middle English Dictionary Entry

intelliǧencīe n. plural. or collective
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Note: Cp. intelligence.
1.
Beings who possess understanding, rational beings.

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Note: Gloss should be narrowed to specify angels (or, exceptionally, God) as beings of pure intellect, as opposed to all beings that happen to possess intelligence. Hence something like this: "Phil. purely intellectual substances, angels".