Middle English Dictionary Entry
tetragramaton n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tetragramaton n. |
| Etymology | L tetragrammaton, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The word composed of four Hebrew letters usually considered to be the proper name of God.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 WBible(2) Gloss.Wisd.(Cld E.2)18.24 : Magneficence; that is, thyn hiȝ name tetragramaton.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1592 : Be-fore he saȝe of fyne gold forgid a plate, Þar-in grauen þe grettest of all gods names, Þis title Tetragramaton.