Middle English Dictionary Entry
justifīing(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | justifīing(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) ?Judicial administration; ?punishing; (b) a commandment; an ordinance; (c) justification, support, proof; (d) the act of imputing righteousness to oneself; (e) = justificacioun, sense (e).
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)255/5 : Of þe iustifiyng of Troilebaston.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.9.3 : The sonys of Irael do þei paske in his tyme þe foortenþe day of þis monþe at Euyn after alle þe cerymoyns & þe iustefyinges of hit.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)4.7 : In þe psalme forsoþ þe cxviii: þi iustifyingez wern to me chauntable in þe place of my pylgrymage.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)7.143 : My soule coueytyd to desire þi iustifiingez in all tyme.
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)32 : He gaf to hem the cuntreeis of folkis, and thei weeldiden the trauailis of puplis, that thei kepe the instifyingis [read: iustifyingis] of God.
- c1425(c1400) Primer (Cmb Dd.11.82)p.79 : I wolde þat my weies be dressid to kepe þi iustifiyngis!
c
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)261 : These vj reulis or supposiciouns ȝeuen sufficient and cleer iustifiyng to manye spechis and writingis seid to crossis and of crossis.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)60/25 : He puttiþ him silf in oonli chidyng wiþout schewyng for his parti kunnyng of iustifiyng and sufficientli groundyng.
d
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Dan.9.18 : My God..heere..and see oure desolacioun..nether in oure iustifiyngus we casten forth preeyeres byfore thi face, bot in thi manye doyngus of mercy.
e
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Rom.4.25 : Jhesu Crist..is bitakun for oure synnes, and roos aȝen for oure iustifyinge [WB(2): iustefiyng; L iustificationem].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Rom.5.18 : As by the gilt of oon in to alle men in to condempnacioun, so and by the riȝtwysnesse of oon in to alle men in to iustifyinge of lyf.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Rom.8.10 : If Crist is in ȝou, sothli the body is deed for synne, but the spirit lyueth for iustifiynge.