Middle English Dictionary Entry
ordinē̆r n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ordinē̆r n. |
| Etymology | OF ordinaire & L ordinārius. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A bishop [cp. ordinarie bishop]; esp. in later usage: a bishop as the officer having immediate jurisdiction in ecclesiastical cases or suits; (b) an officer in command of a cohort; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- ?1403 Yk.BPrayer(1) (Harv Widener 1)64/12 : Ȝe sal mak your prayers..for al prelates and ordiners and al that halykirk reules and gouerns, that god len thaim grace so far to reuel the popil.
- (c1441) Let.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12258 : The worthy catholike king..gaff thaim lesence for ever to have accesse to the said place and..to cum to presens of thair spirituale fader & ordyner & hedekirk of Santandrois to resavve collacionn & do obedience.
- (1465) Paston (EETS)1.297 : Skypwyth went wyth me to the Byshop of Norwych, and I lyte hym haue knowlych of the ryotous and evyll dysposicyon of Maister Phylyp, desyryng hys lordshyp that he wold see a mene tha[t] a correccyon myȝt be hadde in as moch as he was chyf justice of the peas and hys ordynare.
b
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)764 : An Ordyner [L Ordinarii] for fighters forth present Is forto sette.
c
- (1319) Pat.R.Edw.II309 : Thomas Ordiner.