(a) Pertaining or belonging to oneself, not shared, individual; of a path: not public; ~ hidles, private refuge(s; ~ lucre, selfish gain; ~ offices, individual duties; ~ penaunce, a penance performed in private; ~ revelacioun, revelation to an individual; ~ thinges (exercises), private devotional acts; (b) ~ sel, the privy seal; (c) of a religious rule: not shared by Christendom generally, distinctive; of religious orders and individuals: living by a separate rule, set apart; fals ~ religioun, evil, exclusive religion; ~ religiounes, religious orders in the church; ~ religiosite, regular religion; (d) ~ persoune, a subject commoner; an individual [quot.: (1437)]; an individual not involved in government, a single subject [quot.: Fortescue 144]; (e) med. of the cause of an ailment: existing in the affected member or an adjacent one, local.