Middle English Dictionary Entry
pāpā̆l adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | pāpā̆l adj. Also papalle. |
| Etymology | ML pāpālis |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of a Pope, papal.
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.2925 : The Pope..Of his Papal Autorite Hath mad and yove the decre.
- (1415) Hoccl.Oldcastle (Hnt HM 111)312 : Two dignitees they toknen in liknesse, Auctoritee papal and kynges might.
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)63 : For al the worschip of ȝowre astate papal..to god is the honowre.
- (?c1436) Duke Burgundy (Rome 1306)61 : Thou shewedest thyself assoilled by a cardinal, The which was withoute power papall.
- c1470(?1458) Wey Money (Bod 565)2 : For a doket x papal grotis.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.395 : He causede the body of Formosus..to be brouȝhte to the consistory, and there the clothynge papalle taken awey.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)1.4/9 : And for-þy to me to solace of age & excercise of mynde to ȝow, my lordes leches of Mountpelers, of bonoun, of paryse…namely papalez, which haþ taken me to felawship in seruise of bisshopes.
Note: New sense: "also, as noun: papal clerks" (per MLL)