Middle English Dictionary Entry
prōlāciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | prōlāciǒun n. |
| Etymology | L prōlātio, -iōnis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The production or articulation of sounds, utterance; (b) ?a melody or tune; (c) mus. the combination or arrangement of musical notes of varying rhythmic value in musical composition.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.2875 : Thou schalt..take..good kepe..Thurghout the Trompe into his Ere, Fro hevene as thogh a vois it were, To soune of such prolacioun That he his meditacioun Therof mai take and understonde, As thogh it were of goddes sonde.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)26a/a : Þei helpen to þe prolacioun of þe spicis or formes of þe voicis.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)26b/b : Vuula was maad for þre enchesouns..þe secunde þat it myȝte helpe in prolacioun of vomitis [read: voicis].
b
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.1.50 : With Rethorice com forth Musice, a damoysele of our hous, that syngeth now lightere moedes or prolacions [vr.prolaciouns], now hevyere.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.173 : The science of Musique..techeth..A man to make melodie..Thurgh notes of acordement..Nou hihe notes and nou lowe, As be the gamme a man mai knowe, Which techeth the prolacion Of note.