Middle English Dictionary Entry
cūriāl n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cūriāl n. |
| Etymology | OF, & ML (vīr) cūriālis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A member of a ruler's court, a courtier.
Associated quotations
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)2680 : Thou maryd shal bene aftyr our guyse To sum curyal of ryht gret dignite.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)68.390(v.2:p.27) : Thurgh the werkyng of the curials malicius .. by themperours assent, thritty of her knyghtis had her life forlent.