Middle English Dictionary Entry
suppliance n.
Entry Info
| Forms | suppliance n. |
| Etymology | ?From supplīen v.(1); cp. EMnE suppliance, MScot. supplie n., & F suppléaunce. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?Succor, assistance; ? = error for pl. of suppliaunt n. (a): those who appeal to God.
Associated quotations
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)469/49 : Thy suppliance we the beseche and prey [L te postulamus affatim]..fflessly freylte that we wyth stond mey.