Middle English Dictionary Entry
audī̆tōrie n.
Entry Info
| Forms | audī̆tōrie n. |
| Etymology | L audītōrium |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A gathering of hearers, audience, congregation; (b) a hall of assembly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Wycl.Blasph.(Bod 647)426 : Nouþer wolde I graunte hit, ne doute hit, ne denye hit, byfore audytorie þat I trowed schulde be harmed þerby.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)65/18 : His auditorye was so endewyd with lernyng, þat it sempt in all her gouernauns þei had be norchid in monasterye.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 25.23 : Whanne Agrippa and Bernyce camen..and entriden into the auditorie [L auditorium]..Poul is lad to.