Middle English Dictionary Entry
laudātē n.
Entry Info
Forms | laudātē n. |
Etymology | L laudāte, imp.pl. of laudāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One of the Psalms beginning with 'laudate'; esp. Pss. 148, 150, sung at Lauds; (b) as a term of abuse; ?an unlearned priest who knows only these two, most frequently recited, Psalms; (c) lessoun of ~, ?recitation of Psalm 148; ?flattery, sycophancy.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)16/2 : Ed placebo sitteð aþet Magnificat, alswa ed Dirige bute ed te lesceuns & ed te Miserere, Ant from laudate al ut.
b
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)637 : Thou, lewed laudate, litel witte has.
c
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1359 : Thay lusten for to lerne of lettrure no ferþer Thenne to þe lesson of laudate al þaire lifedayes.