Middle English Dictionary Entry
intelliǧencīe n. plural. or collective
Entry Info
Forms | intelliǧencīe n. plural. or collective |
Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. intelligence.
1.
Beings who possess understanding, rational beings.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)12a/b : Spiritis þat beþ also I-clepid intelligencie [L intelligentie] beþ ful of schappis and liknes þat nediþ to haue knowlech & konnynge.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
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".