Middle English Dictionary Entry
Manichē(e)s n. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | Manichē(e)s n. plural Also mana-. |
| Etymology | L Manichaei |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Followers of the Persian philosopher Manichæus, the Manichæans; (b) also singular: a Manichæan.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)63/103,112 : Into an error þenne he [St. Augustine] fil Þat mony a monnes soule dude spil, Þat þulke tyme heolden þe Manichees, Þat heretykes weren, wiþouten les..Þeos opiniouns heolde nyne ȝer He and þe Manachees in feer.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)71/576 : Þat tyme Austin wiþ disputyng Ouercom þe Manaches erryng.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)9/27 : Tho felle he in-to þe grete errour of þe Maniches.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)53/3 : The Manycheis had many oþer fals opiniones, for þei said þat Crist was no very man, but lich a man, and þat he took no flesch ne blood of þe mayde.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)144.69 (v.2:p.424) : He was thus merykyd in the Manichees herese.
b
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)144.98 (v.2:p.425) : She .. fond hym wauerynge, that ys to seyne neythir manichee ner christene man.