Middle English Dictionary Entry
revēling ger.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | revēling ger.(2) |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Divine revelation; also, a spiritual vision or revelation.
Associated quotations
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)100 : No man schulde be moved aȝens the feith ther of..without evidencis takun vpon Goddis affermyng or Goddis reveling.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)62/26 : Crist..affermede hem [articles of faith] to be treuþis, and tauȝte hem to vs bi hise apostlis and bi his scripture..not withstondyng þe same treuþis mowe not beprouyd to be treuþis in proces of arguyng open to oure resoun..wiþout þe seid to vs maad affermyng or reuelyng.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.154 : Thilk ffrere..Hadde revelings dyvine and consolacionnes.