Middle English Dictionary Entry
quinquenāl n.
Entry Info
| Forms | quinquenāl n. Also (error) quinal. |
| Etymology | L quinquennālis |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Eccl. An office held by a person in holy orders for five years under ecclesiastical dispensation; (b) an indulgence of five years.
Associated quotations
a
- (1447) Doc.N.Convocation in Sur.Soc.113180 : The which words..they pretende to extende to thoo..that gete him ony quinquenal or other confessional, or ony other lyke dispensation of the pope.
b
- a1500 PPl.A(1) (Eaton)8.154 : Quinal [Trin-C: dowel indulgence passiþ..trienalis & bisshopis lettres].