Middle English Dictionary Entry
celebritẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | celebritẹ̄ n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Fame, renown; ~ of renoun; (b) religious celebration or solemnization.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.9.54 : What demestow thanne..that it is ryght noble and ryght cleer by celebrete of renoun [L omni celebritate]?
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.164 : Myght it be conuenient Þat þis þing schulde..ben a noble þing of name And hyhe in clernesse and celebrite?
b
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.35/14 : The goldyne path of the son reducid to vs the desirid ioyes of festfull celebrite.