Middle English Dictionary Entry
pōpe-rīche n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pōpe-rīche n. |
| Etymology | From pōpe n. & rīche n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The office of pope; (b) the tenure of a pope, pontificate.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.69 : Siriacus..lefte þe poperiche [L papatum]..for likynge of þe maydens.
- (c1400) Higd.(1) (Hrl 1900)7.517 : Whanne he had the poperiche, he ordeyned another pope for the office of holy chirche.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.231 : Þis is he þat first sent Patrik to convert Irlond in þe nynþe ȝere of his poperiche [Higd.(2): bischoppehode; L pontificatus].