Middle English Dictionary Entry
avǒu(e)rīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | avǒu(e)rīe n. Also avoerie, advourie. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The act of declaring something to be one's own, acknowledgment; sone bi ~, adopted son.
Associated quotations
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)101 : Ha may chiese þet child of a guod man..and maki him his zone be adopcioun, þet is be auoerie.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)146 : Be þa goste we byeþ alle godes children be adopcion, þet is be auouerie.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)157 : Ȝif ony burgeys..avowe that the chateux be his owen, wherby the kynges custum by such fals avourie [OF avowerie] be lost.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)100/9 : He may..make of hym his eir bi adopcioun, þat is to seye, bi auowerie.
2.
Official sanction, authorization, permission.
Associated quotations
- a1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)30 : For al huere bobaunce, ne for þe auowerie of þe kyng of fraunce, tuenti score ant fyue haden þer meschaunce.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.180 : Of what seignorie holdes þou lond & rent, þat þou has put out here þi baner..Among kynges baneres withouten auowrie [OF saunz avouuerye]?
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)5917 : Ȝe wil gyue me leue Þe robbours o þe se to greue, & gyue chartre of avowerye [Petyt: chartire & auourie].
3.
(a) Patronage, protection; after (one's) ~, ?in keeping with (one's) duty to help the poor; (b) a patron, protector; a patron saint.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)331 : Þey ne hadde noon other a-vowry But fals goddes & maumentry.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.260 : Saue condite vs gyue, þorgh þi lond to go in þin auowrie, þat non vs robbe ne slo for þi curteysie.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3327 : To be in here auowery, Truage þey graunted hem.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3658 : We ar men of pes, sekyng auowery, Wey-farende men þat wolde haue gryþ.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.2501 : Refresshe them..With som of oure goodis or wordis of comforte, After youre avowerie as ye may atteyne.
b
- c1400 *Trev.Higd.(Tbr D.7)3.42.127a : Julius cesar þat was hys patron & hys avowery [L patroni sui; StJ-C: vorie; Hrl: avowrye] & pledede for hym.
- a1486 Arms Chivalry (Mrg M 775)44 : His pensill in his hande, peyntid of seynt George or of oure lady..a pensell to bere in his hande of his avowrye.
- a1500 Why sittist thou (Ryl Lat 395)28 : Now helpe me..Cristofer & George, myne avowries echone!
- ?1536(1402) Jack Upland (Gough)201/355 : Why name ye..and clepe hem youre patrons and youre avowries?
4.
The right to determine who shall have a vacant benefice, the advowson.
Associated quotations
- c1460 Oseney Reg.203/25 : Þabbot ha[th] þe Aduowrie of þe church of Swereforde.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)584/19 : Robert knowleched the avowry of the forsaid chirch to be the right of the forsaid abbesse.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)661/16 : Bernarde..seisyned hym..with the lordship and the right of the Avowery of the same Abbey.
5.
Law A plea in which one who distrains for rent acknowledges and justifies his act [see Bouvier].
Associated quotations
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)87 : Ȝif the tenaunt after this award ȝoven ne wil not..payen hym the same rente, thanne have the axand be divis power for to destreynen in the same tenement for to areryn the forseid rente, and makyn a good avoury his fee.