Middle English Dictionary Entry
postatā n.
Entry Info
| Forms | postatā n. Pl. postataes. |
| Etymology | Shortened form of apostatā. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who leaves holy orders without dispensation.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)8.315 : And postataes [Higd.(2): men fugitive from their ordre; L ordinum fugitivos] and evel doers he favored strongliche.