Middle English Dictionary Entry
ordeinement n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ordeinement n. Also (error) ordannent. |
| Etymology | OF ordenement n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An appointment to office; (b) a judgment, ruling, or decision.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)43/31 : Yef hir ordannent [read: ordanment] es in buxumnes, alle þingis..sal be als tabes cumandis.
b
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)1152 : Kyng Rychard þey afftyr sente, For to here þat ordeynemente..Þenne sayde þe kyng..'þou schalt paye raunsoun.'