Middle English Dictionary Entry
consulārie n.
Entry Info
| Forms | consulārie n. |
| Etymology | ML consulāria |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Proconsulship, governorship (of a Roman province); office of ~; (b) a Roman consul or one of consular rank.
Associated quotations
a
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)8379 : Of al þat cuntre þe reule to han..And to ocupyin þe offyce of consularye.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)8893 : Whom..fortune..yaf..þe reule..Of þat wurthy & comodyous yle..cycyle, And þe dygnyte eek of consularye.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)9155 : Wych of consularye The offyce hadde & þe lawe dede gye.
b
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)84.45 (v.2:p.98) : This consularye Monimius toke .. the counselours and the comfortours of the blissid maiden & made hem daily to labouren as seruauntis in his manours, and at even yafe hem brynne to eetyn.