Middle English Dictionary Entry
ordināl n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ordināl n. Also ordinalle. |
| Etymology | ML ordināle n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A book setting forth the order of divine services and other ecclesiastical rules; ~ bok, an ordinal; (b) a book of rules, guidebook; (c) pl. rules for the ordination of the clergy.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)161/16 : Þe Letanie..was..iuonde and in þe ordinal ydo.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.295 : He made þe ordynal of þe service of holy chirche, and cleped it þe Consuetudinarius.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)56/23 : Redars in þe fendis chirche ianglen her lessouns..striueyng feel siþis for nouȝt..for rulis of her ordinal.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)650/3 : Ordinale: ordinalle.
- (1429) Will Braybroke in Ess.AST 5302 : I geue and assigne to the saide cherche of Horsyndon an Antiphoner after ye newe ordinal noted..I yeue and assigne to ye chapel..a myssal after the newe ordinal.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.FCLife (Corp-C 296)192 : Þe ordynalle of salisbury lettiþ moche prechynge of þe gospel.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.FCLife (Corp-C 296)193 : Ȝif a man faile in his ordynale, men holden þat grete synne.
- (1432) Rec.St.Mary at Hill27 : ij legendes & a manwell & a Ordynall.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)244 : Of whiche signes summe ben ordeyned of þi clergie wiþ consent of þe comoun peple, as..dyuersite of deedis to be doon after reule and ordre of þe ordinal.
- (1447) Doc.in HMC Rep.3 App.316a : Item, i Manuell. Item, i Ordynall.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)203 : A baar vncouered crosse was brouȝt forth..as y haue red in dyuerse oolde ordinalis of cathedrale chirchis.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)599/17 : Ordinale: an ordynal.
- (1451) Lin.DDoc.47/12 : To worschip & serue gode in the qwer of Somerby kirke on heledays after the ordynall.
- (1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15146 : Item, j Ordynal, begynnyng -- Dominica prima Adventus Domini.
- (1472) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum4 : Item, j Dirige Boke..Item, j ordinalle.
- (1473-4) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum15 : In the new bynding of the ordynall boke.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)129 : The Ordinalle to prestis settith owte The seruyce of the dayes as þei go abowte.
- -?-(1392) Will in Som.RS 162 : [To Sir William Cressy one] ordinal de usu Sarum.
- -?-(1408) Will in Som.RS 1638 : [To the church of Compton Hawey a] missale, [an] ordinale, [and two pairs of vestments].
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.969 : To every Monthe..of Signes tuelve He hath after his Ordinal Assigned on in special.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)127 : He may..pursue the ordire of this boke, Namyd of Alchymye the ordinalle.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1379 : This litille boke, the Ordynalle, Is in Alchymye the complement of alle.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)2496 : Desire not this boke to shew thingis alle, For this boke is but an Ordynalle.
- a1550(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Sln 1873)3080 : The autours..Shewith of alchymye all the doctryne, If ye complecte theire sentencis..aftire this ordynall.
c
- (1395) Wycl.12 Concl.(Th 17)296 : Þe presthod of Rome is mad with signis, rytis, and bisschopis blissingis, and þat is of litil uertu..for þe bisschopis ordinalis [L ordinalia siue rubrice] in þe newe testament ben litil of record.