Middle English Dictionary Entry
Pū̆blicā̆n n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | Pū̆blicā̆n n.(2) |
| Etymology | OF publiquïen, popelican & ML pūblicānus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Theol.?A member of the heretical Paulician sect.
Associated quotations
- c1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)47/26 : Eue and hir childre wexid, multiplied, & maried togidirs..And of hem be descendid the payenyms and the Sarazins and the publicans and othire euyl linagis that ben out of the Cristen feith.