Middle English Dictionary Entry
celebrāten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | celebrāten v. |
| Etymology | From L ppl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To celebrate (a mass); (b) to consummate (an operation).
Associated quotations
a
- (1465) Will Gregory in Camd.n.s.17p.xlii : I wille that immediatly after my deces there be celebrate for my soule..and for all Cristen soules, ij ml. masses.
b
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)51a : Neither thinne elementes may be devidid kindlye, Neither the coniunction of them perfitlye celebrate.