Middle English Dictionary Entry
confermement n.
Entry Info
| Forms | confermement n. Also conferment, confir(ma)ment. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An endorsement or confirmation (as of a grant or charter); also, the granting (of privileges, etc.), a grant; (b) the rite of confirmation; (c) strengthening.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 *Rwl.Statutes [OD col.] (Rwl B.520)lf.54b : Here hendez þe confermement of þe chartres i graunted at gaunt.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7169 : He made a confermement to westmunstre of ech þinge Þat þoru him hom iȝiue was, oþer þoru eni oþer kinge, So þat no king after him ne dude no destourbinge.
- ?a1425 LChart.Chr.A (RwlPoet 175)28/108 : With my chartre here present I mak now confirmament [vrr. confyrment, conferment] Þat I haue graunted & gyfen To þe, mankynd [etc.].
- (1426) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.65 : That dede was made in Kyng Herryes tyme the feerthe; and affterward..the said Wyllyam..made a conferment to Wyllyam Clopton.
- (1472-3) RParl.6.17a : All Lettres Patentes, Conferments, or Grauntes made to youre seid Suppliaunt.
b
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)14/387 : Þat me wasche men ouer þe fant After confirmement Nis nauȝt do bote for þat honour Of þilke sacrement.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9846 : To receyue þe sacrament At þe bysshopes confyrment.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19559 : O biscop þe confermement [Frf: conferment; Göt: confirmament], O strenght it es þe sacrement.
c
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)90/3 : With proteccion owtward and inwardly conferment.