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religius (c.1136-65)

The form religios is a cross reference to the following entry:

religius (c.1136-65)

relegious,  relegius,  relegyus,  religeous,  religeux,  religieus,  religieux,  religios,  religious,  religioux,  religiuus,  religyus,  relygyus  (religiex  Foedera1 ii 12 religous  Ancren2 181.5)  
  FEW:  religiosus 10,232a Gdf: GdfC:  religios 10,531c TL: religïos 8,689 DEAF:  religios  DMF:  religieus  TLF:  religieux  OED:  religious adj. and n.  MED:  religious adj.  DMLBS:  religiosus 2741a

a.

1theol.religious, pious, devout
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  A totes genz religioses Sunt les paroles Deu joioses  Salemon 2889
( c.1195; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Un seint hom fud, Patriz out nun, mult fud religius e ber  Purg S Pat MARIE 191
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  la benoite virge Gregoire, qui en ceste cité romaine religiouse vie maine  Dial Greg SATF 9633
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Si q'od convives religious Les seintes festes celebrassent  S Greg 2156
( s.xiiiex?; MS: c.1300? )  Li abbés Cutbald [...] mut fu religius, Sur tute ren en loeit Deu le glorius  Burch1 172
2eccl.monasticmonastic, relating to a monastery or monastic order
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Li bon hermite e li bon moine E li religius chanuine  Brut WACE 13898
( MS: s.xiii3/3 )  eglises cathedrales, parochieles et religiouses  Brev Plac 69
( 1294 )  e specialement des eglises cathedraus e non cathedraus, religieuses e seculieres, collegiees e non collegiees  Foedera1 i 795
( 1343 )  fist faire son sepulture en ceste religiouse mesoun de nonaynes  Cron Lond1 5
dame religiuse
eccl.monasticfemalereligious, nun, woman in religious order
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  dames religiouses encloses desoutz estreite rule  TREVET Cron1 301.21
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  la soer de mon dit [...] seignur, [qui] estoit religiouse dame en la dit lieu  Lett & Pet 108.60.17
religiuse gent
gent1

s.

eccl.monasticmember of a religious order, monk
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Un autre out nun Hylariun, et cil religius esteit  S Jean ANTS 5895
( 1349 )  en favour de religious et autres qi ount terres a mort  King’s Bench v cliii
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  come povres religious ou altres povres gientz  Sz Med1 44

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See also:

religiosis  religiun  religiuse  religiusement  religiusté  tresreligius 
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