Middle English Dictionary Entry
questor n.
Entry Info
| Forms | questor n. Also questǒur. |
| Etymology | L quaestor & OF questor. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An ecclesiastical official who offers indulgences in exchange for alms, a pardoner; (b) an ancient Roman magistrate in charge of treasury affairs and of some criminal trials, a quaestor.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.49 : Cherles and pardoneres beeþ i-cleped questores.
- a1450 Cat.Plays Yk.p.xxvi : Questors [glossed: Pardoners].
- -?-(1372) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.9669 : Johannes de Lokton, questour.
- -?-(1387) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.9685 : Johannes de Rykhall, questor.
- -?-(1436) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96151 : Thomas Gosberkirk, questour.
- -?-(1447) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96166 : Henricus Wyndill, questor.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.49 : Caton, þe questor, brouȝte hym to Rome. Questor is he þat gadreþ tribut to Rome, and þe domesman was somtyme i-cleped questor. Also wardeyns of þe tresorie were i-cleped questores.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.203 : Of meny Catouns..oon was Cato questor [L quaestor].
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)5.3097 : Ther was oon Scilla, callid a questour.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.594 : Drusus..chose he was..Questour of Asia, an offis of degree, For his berthe to gouerne that contre.