Middle English Dictionary Entry
moniāl(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | moniāl(e n. Also moniele. |
| Etymology | ML moniālis |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)10.319 : Ac þere shal come a kyng and confesse ȝow religiouses..And amende monyales [vr. monial], monkes, and chanouns, And putten hem to her penaunce.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)20.262 : Monkes and monyals and alle men of Religioun Her ordre..wil to han a certeyne noumbre.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)6.76 : Monkes and moniales, þat mendinauns sholden fynde, Han mad here kyn knyghtes.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)19.74 : Weddede men and wedewes and ryȝth worthy maidenes..the sonne of al heuene Conforteþ him [read: hem] in here continence, þat lyuen in contemplacion As monkes and monyeles, men of holichurche.