Middle English Dictionary Entry
prō̆fessour n.
Entry Info
| Forms | prō̆fessour n. |
| Etymology | L professor & OF proffesseur. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who professes faith in God's teaching; also, one who has taken the vows as a member of a religious order; (b) one who teaches a branch of knowledge, such as theology or history; ?also, one who writes on such subjects.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Wycl.Dominion (Dub 244)289 : Professouris of goddis lawe schulde stonde by here bileue.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)914 : Ther were..Chanons & nonnes, feythfull professoures.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.7 : Storie is wytnesse of tyme..weldeþ passyng doynges; storie putteþ forþ hire professoures [L professores].
- c1400 Wycl.DSins (Bod 647)123 : Men þat schulden be professoures of science of God synnen many weies..Somme..professoures of divinyte..whan þei schulden preche Gods lawe to þo puple, þei tellen lesynges.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)241 : Pope Urbane degraded these cardinales..the cardinal of Venice, cardinal of Jene, whech were..Professors of Divinity.