Middle English Dictionary Entry
sacrā̆mentā̆lī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | sacrā̆mentā̆lī adv. Also sacramentalli. |
| Etymology | From sacrā̆mentā̆l(e adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In the manner or form of a sacrament; ben as ofte ~ as thei ben confessed, to be absolved, as part of the sacrament of penance, as often as they are confessed; liven ~, regularly receive the sacraments of the Church.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?a1384) Wycl.Eucharist(1) (Bod 647)503 : Þis sacrament in his kynde is verrey bred, and sacramentaly Gods body.
- (?c1422) Hoccl.ASM (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)25 : Now herkne a doctrine substancial..how a man sacramentally Receyue me shal wel and worthyly.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.170 : Þis oost is breed in his kynde, as ben oþer oostes unsacrid, and sacramentaliche Goddis bodi.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)147/3-4 : This blessid goostly mete is riȝt cumfortable to a deuoute resceyuer..in what wise þat he euere resceyue it, wheþir it be sacramentaly or vertuously; He takeþ it sacramentaly, whanne he resceyueþ þe blesside hoost of þe auter.
- ?a1450 Sel.Rosarium Theol.(Cai 354/581)96/10 : Þe body of Criste..in þe crosse it was fleschely & mesurably, bot in þe Oste sacramentaly & multiplyngly.
- c1450(?c1400) Wycl.Elucid.(StJ-C G.25)25 : Criste of his greete curtesie lefte here amonge us his owne body sacramentaly..to resseyue in foorme of breed.
- ?c1450 in Aungier Syon Mon.266 : Prysoners..schal not receyue sacramental absolucion..but yf so be that ther prysonmente be perpetual, for in suche case they may be as ofte sacramentaly as they be confessyd.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)33/19 : What is it forto lyue sacramentaly?..it is forto receyue cristis sacramentis, þat is to seie, baptym, and oþire, dewly.
- a1500(1382) Knighton Chron.Contin.(Cld E.3)162 : Þis Sacrament..is verray brede and sacramentally Goddus body.