Middle English Dictionary Entry
assumpciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | assumpciǒun n. Also assompcioun, assumsion. |
| Etymology | ML assum(p)tiōn-em, & OF. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The reception (of the Virgin into Heaven), the Assumption; (b) the ~, the church festival (August 15) commemorating this event [one of 5 festivals referred to as oure ladi dai]; the feste (of the) ~.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 Assump.Virg.(1) (Cmb Gg.4.27)4 : Of hire swete assompcioun, Hu heo was fram erþe ynome In to blisse.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)65/1 : Oure lady appered to seynt Thomas the Apostle after hire Assumpcioun.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)124/293 : Fram crystes ascencioun Al wat comþe hyre assumpcioun.
- (1466) in Cox Churches Derb.86 : The Image of the assumpcion of our lady.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)109/30 : The v. joye was yn hur assumpcyon, when scho segh hur swete sonne come..and fache hur ynto Heuen, and crowned hur qwene of Heuen and emperess of hell and lady of all þe world.
b
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)12032 : After þe assumpcion þe vifte day..He dude him in þe se at douere.
- c1325 Ipotis (BodPoet c.3)116/545 : In heruest after þe assumpcioun.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.175 : At þe Assompcion messe.
- ?a1425(a1400) Brut-1377 (Corp-C 174)298/16 : Þe morwe after þe assumpicioun of oure Lady.
- c1432 Bishop Notes in PMLA 49 (Cmb Dd.14.2)455 : Þe Wensday next be fore þe fest assumpcion of oure lady, þe virgin.
- (1444) Proc.Privy C.6.324 : By Oure lady day, assumpcioun, next commyng.
- (1452) Doc.in Kingsford EHist.Lit.(CotR 2.23)364 : These ben the namys that were endited..in the feste of the Assumpcion of oure Lady.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)202/18 : At to termis of þe yere..at þe assumsion of oure ladi..& at þe annunciacion.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)114 : On oure Lady Day, the Assumpsyon, they fought whythe viij grete carykys of Jene.
2.
Logic. The minor premise of a syllogism.
Associated quotations
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Corp-O 4)68 : He determyneth alle the lawes of dialatik, in proposicoun, assumpcoun [WB(2): in euydence takynge], confirmacioun, conclusioun.
3.
Appropriation of a right or possession.
Associated quotations
- (1461) RParl.5.475b : Provided also, that this seid Acte of Assumpcion or Resumpcion extend not nor in any wise be prejudiciall unto Rauff Hastynges..of or in any Graunte made unto hym.