Middle English Dictionary Entry
sinderē̆sis n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sinderē̆sis n. Also sindereses, sinderisis. |
| Etymology | ML synderesis, synderisis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The faculty of mind which judges and recommends moral conduct; conscience applied to behavior; (b) person. Conscience Applied to Behavior; also, Remorse.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chart.Abbey HG (LdMisc 210)339 : Synderisys..steriþ a man to good & grucchiþ aȝens wykke.
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)1781 : O sunne off grace..The qwyche illumynyst synderesys off mannys sensualyte, Namyd be ryght oryens sol iustycye.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)4963 : Synderesys..Ys..The hiher party of Resoun, Wherby A man shal best discerne Hys conscience to governe.
b
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.4562 : Lat Sinderesis ha[ue] the in kepyng, That Crist Iesu may be thi medicyne.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)1.19.14b : Come forth, ye sutil Synderesis, and say that thu knowist of this fals pilgryme.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)1.21.16a : For as muche as I knowe noght so muche as doth this subtil sindereses, I leve to him alle myn accion.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)937 : Macrocosme was the name of the felde..In the myddes therof stood Conscience..Synderesys sate hym withyn closyd as in a parke, With hys tables in hys hand her dedys to marke.