Middle English Dictionary Entry
prōcessiọ̄nāl n.
Entry Info
| Forms | prōcessiọ̄nāl n. Also -el, procescinal. |
| Etymology | ML prōcessiōnāle |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. processionar n., processionari(e n.
1.
(a) A kind of candle used in religious processions; (b) a service book used in religious processions.
Associated quotations
a
- (1457-8) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7850 : To the procescynalls, i li. et di. of new wax.
- (1458-9) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7852 : Pro ii li. nove cere pro standers et pro processionels.
- (1464-5) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7862 : vii li..cere antique pro le processyonels et le staunders.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)414 : Processyonal, or pressyonare.
- (1447) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 1155 : Of ye gyfte of ye same goode man ij processionals; In ye seconde, folio one begyns 'A Deo'.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)605/8 : Processionale: a processional.
- (1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15146 : j processional begynnyng with 'Cum jam suscepti operis'..and has the Yymnes noted.
- (1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15147 : Item, j Processional, noted, and begynneth with 'Salvator-mundi'.
- (1472) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum372 : Item, j processional, in the ijde. leffe at a me calyx.