Middle English Dictionary Entry
vestitūre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | vestitūre n. |
| Etymology | ML vestitūra |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. investiture n., vesture n.
1.
(a) Investiture (of ecclesiastical officials);
(b) the fruits of an area of land, including crops and grass, but not trees.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.419 : Henry…resigned to God and to seint Peter þe vestiture [Higd.(2): investitures] of prelates.
b
- c1460 Oseney Reg.152/22 : Þe saide John the vestiture [L vestituram] (or grasse) of þe same telthe…may gadur & haue.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.156/17 : Þe saide Abbot…suffrid þat þe saide John…þe vestiture of þe saide Inhoke…myȝght gedur.