Middle English Dictionary Entry
reconciliāciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | reconciliāciǒun n. Also reconsiliation, -siliacio(u)n & (error) -silicioun. |
| Etymology | L reconciliātio, -iōnis & OF reconcilïacïon, reconcilïatïon. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The action of reconciling persons or of reaching accord with an adversary, estranged spouse, etc.; also, the state or condition of accord between adversaries, harmony; (b) reconciliation between God and the sinner; also, = time of ~ [see sense (c)]; (c) ~ of penauntes, one of the rituals performed on Maundy Thursday readmitting penitents to communion; dai of ~, Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday; stat of ~, the state of man from the time of Christ to the end of the world; time of ~, one of the 'ages' of the world, usually said to comprise the period between the first and second advent of Christ, or between the advent of Christ and the incoming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; the corresponding portion of the ecclesiastical calendar; (d) ~ of deth, error in transl. of L mortis conculatio [see PL 202.98].
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2880 : Ye sholde han purchaced the pees and the reconsiliacioun.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)165b/b : Þat is an hille of couenaunt..and of reconsiliacioun, ffor in mounte galaath Jacob made couenaunt..with laban.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)196b/b : Adamas..is y-cleped a precious stoon of reconsiliacioun and of loue.
- c1440 Chaucer CT.Mel.(Cmb Ii.3.26)B.2881 : Reconsilicioun [Heng: The dissension bigynneth by another man and the reconsilyng bigynneth by thy self].
- (1473) RParl.6.66a : The wele publique..may ensue to the Kyng..by the reconsiliation of the Merchauntes of the said Hanze, [etc.].
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)68 : With reconsiliacioun so made, she ordeyned newe guyles and wrenches of advowtrie.
b
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)315/148 : Of þat lompe..weore mad vessels of merci, In wȝuche þe goode world..Is falle to Reconsiliacioun.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)237a/a : In tokne of reconsiliacioun & pees y-made bytwen god and man þe colvere cam to þe wyndowe of noe his schippe wiþ a..braunche of olyue.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Rom.5.11 : We ioyen in god by oure lord iesu criste, by whom now we hafe tan reconcyliacyoun.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)99/52 : Now xal I ryse þat am Almyghty; tyme is come of reconsyliacion.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)135 : To the kyssyng of hevenliche Reconsiliacion he bringe vs, that is named saluator Ihesus.
- a1500 Craft Dying (Rwl C.894)420 : Lord..haue mercye vpon his teris, & admytte hym to the sacramentis of þi reconsiliacion.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)1758 : Thys Reconsylyacion was the Tyme of Grace, When foundyd was the churche vppon the feyr stoon.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)128b/b : Cene þursday is privylegid in foure þinges: in þe reconsiliacioun of penaunce [L penitentium..reconciliatione] þat comeþ aȝein in to holy chirche, [etc.].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)129a/a : Þe cene day is day of reconciliacioun, of transubstanciacioun, of consacracioun, [etc.].
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)36.80 (v.1:p.258) : In the parte of this boke immedyatly byforne is .. tolde of the festys which fallen in the tyme that is conteyned in partie within the tyme of reconciliacion [L (Graesse, p. 145): tempus reconciliationis], & in partie in the tyme of peregrinacion, which tyme is representid in the chirch from the tyme of our lordis byrthe into Septuagesme.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)87.112 (v.2:p.105) : Now that is seid in this parte past of the festes which falle within the tyme of Reconciliacion [L tempus reconciliationis], the which tyme representith ws holi chirch from the resurreccion of Criste vnto the vtaas of Pentecoste, now it is convenyent for to speken of the festis which fallen within the tyme of Peregrinacion .., the which tyme the chirche representith vnto vs from the Octaue of Pentecost vnto Aduent .. : the begynning of this tyme .. varieth .. aftir the pascal nombre.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.31 : The secunde is from Criste to the ende of the worlde, whiche is the state of reconsiliacion.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)1753 : Then came the Tyme of Reconsylyacion Of man to God..When the Son of Man put hym in prese, Wylfully to suffre dethe for mankynde.
d
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)109/26 : Ther ben vi priuelegis of this day [Good Friday]..immolacion and sacrifice made of Crist, spoylynge of helle, reconsiliacion of deþ, redempcion of mankynd, openynge of Paradise, and manyfestacion of scriptures.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: World of Piers Plowman, p. 174: "The third was the age of reconciliation, from the birth of the saviour to the sending of the Holy Ghost."