Middle English Dictionary Entry
prēordināt(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | prēordināt(e adj. |
| Etymology | L praeordinātus, ppl. of praeordināre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Predestined, preordained; of time: prearranged; (b) outstanding, pre-eminent; of the will: all-powerful.
Associated quotations
a
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)17096 : I kan..With my yerde wel chastyse Swych folkys as be dyssolut..Namly, folk predestynaat And swych as be preordynaat To kome vn-to savacioun.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.19 : Thomas Woodstoke, the v sonne was in dede..By kyng Richarde murdered, whom, for his mede Kyng Henry quyt with death preordinate.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.130 : When this feast royall was dissolued, The kyng..in his mynde ymagened and inuolued Howe sone and when, at tyme preordinate, They might agayn bee consociate.
b
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.15 : Carreys was then crowned kyng anone, That..Imagened of his wyll preordinate So muche in warre that cytees and countrees Full comen were of his malicyousnesse.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.130 : Sir Bedwer then at that feast was boteler, A thousande knightes with hym consociate..Clad all in graye of pelury preordinate, That was full riche, accordyng to there estate.