Middle English Dictionary Entry
lēgācīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lēgācīe n. Also (error) legarie. |
| Etymology | ML lēgātia; also cp. F (16th cent.) legacie. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The dignity or office of a papal legate; legateship; office of ~ of the crois, the office of a legat of the crois [see legat n. (1), sense 1. (b)]; (b) the mission entrusted to an envoy; setten in ~, to entrust (sb.) with a mission.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)8.69 : Þis Baldewyn had þe office of legacie of þe cros [L crucis legatione].
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)681 : To haue new letterys of confirmacioun Of his holy legacye as he had ere.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.111/29 : Guale..popis legat..By the auctorite of the legacie the which we haue we conferme and with the help of this present writyng we make sure.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)25/21 : Bonifacius, the Archebysshope of Cauntirbury..thorughe auctorite of legacie, in alle þe cathedralle-churches of Walis..seide a solemne masse by note.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.157 : Gregory hym made archebishop of Caunterbury, Of all Englande hiest then primate, And had the paule with hyest legacye By Gregorye sent to hym and ordinate.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Cor.5.20 : Therfore we ben sett in legacie [L legatione fungimur], or message, for Crist.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Eph.6.20 : For to make knowun the mysterie of the gospel, for which I am sett in legacie, or message.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)407/583 : This proude legat of this tirant seith And first purposith in his legarie That I sholde forsake Cristes feith And falle falsly in tapostasie.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)142.366 (v.2:p.415) : This holy man was sent of the pope into the same cuntre with a legacye for to reconcilyn the duc of Gyayn to the cherche.