Middle English Dictionary Entry
redempciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | redempciǒun n. Also redemption, -con, redemcio(u)n. |
| Etymology | OF redemptïon & L redemptio, -iōnis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Theol. Salvation, redemption; maken ~, to effect redemption (of sb.); (b) moral reformation; (c) liberation from captivity or hell; also fig.; (d) deliverance from captivity or restraint for a price, ransom; also, release from a penalty for a price; maken ~, to effect ransom (of sb.); (e) release from death; withouten (ani) ~, without (any) possible deliverance from death; (f) forgiveness of sins.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 1.68 : Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visitid and maad redempcioun [L redemptionem] of his peple.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Heb.9.12 : Crist..bi his owne blood entride oonys into hooly thingis, euerlasting redemcioun foundyn.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.633 : He that starf for oure redempcioun [vr. redempcon]..So be thy stronge champion.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)129a/a : Þe priuylagis of þis day were..openynge of paradys, redempcioun and raunsomynge of man.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Eph.1.7 : In þe whiche he has gratyfied vs in his loued sone, in whom we hafe redempcyoun þurgh his blood and remyssyoun of oure synnes.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)54/10 : Aftir þe tyme þat þei haue take þe redempcioun be þe blood of my sone, þei schulen be poneschid moore scharply þan tofore redempcioun.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)50/17 : In tyme of His passion, Here fore oure redemcion His blesful blod He bled.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)214 : Al þyn holy lijf and passioun..wrouȝt saluacioun and redempcioun to alle þo þat liveden afore þi passioun.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3363 : Þanne watyr and blod gan ovte wall..sanguis redempcionis..þe blod of redempcioun þat fro þin herte ran doun Est causa saluacionis.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)474 : Cherubyn..stood, Whos swerd was bloudyd with the blood Off Crystys holy passyon Whan he made our Redempcion, Mankynde to restore a-gayn.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)20.1 : That is cristes ioy and gladnes, that we doe swa that we be parceuel in his redempcioun.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)225/12 : Sacrif[ic]es of the auter or of other almes deedes are offrid..for deede Cristen peple..To hem that it profitteþ it purchaseþ mercy, and for hem that are dampnyd alegynge of peynus but no redempcion.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)118 : Thou art comen, the ageynbyer of the worlde..lyke as thou hast made oure redempcyoun [F redempciun] yn erthe..lyke-wyse make a crosse yn helle, yn sygne of vyctorye.
b
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)215 : A kyng..havyng a sone..which for his tresoun..ouȝte..to be deed..wole..preie deuoutly for al þe good state and þe redempcioun and reformacioun of þe same sone.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2281 : Þouȝ also myn aunte Exioun Ageyn al riȝt be holde of Thelamoun, It is nat good for hir redempcioun To putte vs alle to destruccioun.
- c1450 Falm.Squire (Cmb Ff.2.38)p.104 : Therfore he hathe getyn hym helle..fro that place ys no redempcion.
- a1500(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Stw 952(1))16933 : Thow hast opned the Bosom off thy Mercy..that alle may taken off the plentevousnesse ther-off: He that ys in Captyvyte, Redempcion; the Syke Man, Elthe.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)231 : 'I am presonyd in a derke presoune'..'Write to thi wyf & to thi childe for thy Redempcion.'
d
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.395 : Hercules..fenge þe armure of þe queene in prys of redempcioun.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.108 : Ye have now kaught and fetered in prisoun Troians ynowe; and if youre willes be, My child with oon may han redempcioun.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)269 : He had graunted hem patentis befor that thei schuld gader a certeyn summe for her lordis redempcion, that he mite with his good purchase the Kyngis grace.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)21414 : Therfor, touchyng ther raunsoun, The kyng made ther redempcioun.
e
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.3434 : Worldli estatis echon thei be mortall, Ther may no tresor make redempcioun.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)81b/b : Þei dien sudeynly wiþouten ony redempcioun.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)116b/a : Þanne folowiþ deeþ hastily aftirward wiþouten redempcioun or helpe of medicyne.
f
- a1400 WBible(1) (Yale 125)Rom.3.25 : Redempcioun [L remissionem; Dc 369(2): Whom God purposide an helpere..to the schewinge of his riȝtwysnesse for remiscioun of bifore goynge synnes].
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.248 : Y made a vouh to gon to Sent Iamys..to han redempcion [vrr. remission, forȝevenesse] of my synnys.
2.
(a) Making amends, atonement, expiation; (b) the clearing of an impost by a payment.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Primer (StJ-C G.24)87 : Drede of deeþ trowbleth me..for in helle is no redempcion..God, in thi name make me sauf..ffor in helle is no redemption.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6661 : His temple..Was þoruȝ his deth..violat; Wherfore þer muste þoruȝ redempcioun By blood ageyn be made satisfaccioun.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)7251 : For in hell..es na redempcyoune Thurgh na help of frende; for na devocyone Of prayer, ne almusdede, ne messe May þam help ne þair payn mak les.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)218 : Þyn holy lijf and passioun..was ful amendis and satisfaccioun, redempcioun or raunsoun for alle synnys and synners.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)5.266 : For, like a man, dethe he must endure And with his blode shed in his passion Of oure trespas to make redempcioun.
- a1500 9 PPGod(4) (Hrl 2409)455 : Sythen make redempcion Alle for þi synnes þat þou haues wroght.
b
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.231 : Godiue..inher heare hangyng beneth her knee..rode so through all the towne, To bye it free by her redempcion.
3.
(a) Means of deliverance; theol. means of salvation; (b) a ransom payment or demand; also, war reparations; (c) law a fine paid to obtain pardon for a crime; (d) payment for membership in a craft or guild; (e) a kind of manorial payment; (f) Bibl. the offering made for the first-born.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.20.28 : Mannes sone came..for to ȝeue his soule or lif, redempcioun for many.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Rom.3.24 : Þey be maad riȝtwise frely by þe grace of hym, by þe redempcyoun þat is iesu criste.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.161 : God ȝaf his sone to make it free, for noon oþer redempcioun was ynowȝ for mannis synne.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)12.311 : From deth thi waraunt this schal be And from Alle presonementis..For to the schal it ben Redempcioun, And to the devel sorwe & distruccioun.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)55/14 : The people..swer horrybely at the formacion of euery woorde by the tourmentys of our lordis passion, whiche is our redempcion.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5281 : Þei seide goodly how þei wold assent Vn-to a pes wiþ þis condicioun: Þat ȝe wil make restitucioun Of þe harmys..done..lete oure gold..To saue oure lif make redempcioun.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5341 : I am now..Bounde..in maner of ransoun For my lyf, to make redempcioun Vn-to my foon..I mote paye..My good.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.21 : That kynge Pirrus..occupiede Ytaly and sende to Rome his prisoners withowte eny redempcion [Trev.: raunsoun; L pretio].
c
- (1437) RParl.4.509b : The seid Thomas Stamford..was committed to the Marchall, in prison to abide unto tyme he hadde..satisfied..oure Soverain Lord of his seid redemption.
- (1468) *Maldon (Essex) Liber B [OD col.]fol.12.v : If he or eny other refuse so for to come, withoute a resonabell exescuse, at euery tyme shall make fyne and redempcion secundum meritum suum.
d
- (1418) Grocer Lond.in Bk.Lond.E.197/78 : Ȝyf any othyr man that is Freman of othyr craft, or ellys be redempcioun Freyd of the same Craft, he shall nouȝt be resseyuyd in-to the forseyd Fraternite, lesse than he paye at the lest for hys entre x li. sterlynges.
- -?-(1435) Doc.in Power Craft Surg.313 : If ony man shall be resseyued into the craft & maad free bi redempcioun, that it be doon bi the assent of alle the iiij maistris.
e
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)605/10 : Roger of Writele..graunted..all his londes..with mansions, bildyngis..relefis, eschetis, almaner fynes of londes, redempcions (or ayene-biyngis) of progenitours (or fadirs-afore).
f
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)6.135 : For that criste was the first born..Therfore his mothir..Hir offringe made list not for to striue For hym ayeyne to pay shillynges fyfe, Liche as the custome of the lawe was, She mekely made his redempcion.