Middle English Dictionary Entry
raciọ̄nāl(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | raciọ̄nāl(e n. |
| Etymology | L ratiōnāle |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The breastplate of the Jewish high priest.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.25.7 : Ȝe schullen take gold & syluer..& gemmis to anouren Ephoth..& þe racional [L rationale], þat is, þe cloþ in þe brest of þe cope.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ex.28.4 : Thei schulen make racional [WB(1): breest broche].
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.35.80b : Aaron..had a broche..fastned undir his breest, þat was called Racionale, in which was wreten this wordes: 'Discreacion in Iugement, trouthe, & trewe doctrine'.