Middle English Dictionary Entry
Laterān(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Laterān(e n. Also lateranne. |
| Etymology | L Laterānus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The Lateran Palace in Rome; court ~; seint jones de ~, seint jon (the) ~, the Church of St. John Lateran.
Associated quotations
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1568,1573 : Þis gidie wrecche [Nero]..let hit rere a noble court..& clupede laterane [B: hit court Lateran] after þe frogge iwis..Þe verste churche þat me let in þe world rere, Seint Iones de [B: Iohn þe, Iohn] lateran me rerde suþþe þere.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)32/18 : Þe beestys ronnyn wyth þe carte to þe cherch þat is clepyd seynt Johun þe lateran.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.68/17 : Þe Date at lateranne.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)110 : And sche went, onknowyng hir tyme, fro Seynt Petirs onto Lateran.