Middle English Dictionary Entry
coronaire n.
Entry Info
| Forms | coronaire n. |
| Etymology | Formed on OF corone crown, for rime's sake; cp. L aurum corōnārium gold for a crown. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A triumphal crown.
Associated quotations
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.259 : The Tryumphal [crowns] maked wer of gold, Offred in tryumphes to worthi emperours..That crowne callid..In ther vulgar Thaureat Coronaire [rime: faire].