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tresreverent (c.1340)

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tresreverent (c.1340)

trereverent;  tresreverend,  tresreverende,  tresreverente  (treseverent  Lett & Pet 118.68.3 and 121.71.1 tresereverant  Foedera1 iii 348)  
  FEW:  revereri *10,355a Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  reverent (tresreverent)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

a.

most revered, worthy of the greatest respect
( c.1385; MS: c.1400 )  Treshonuré sire et piere, vos tresreverentez lettres a moy nadgairs directis  SAMPS1 371.19
politeness(in form of address or honorific reference) most revered, worthy of the greatest respect
( 1354 )  Item moustrent a lour avantdit tresreverent seignur et gardeyn [...]  ROUGH 79
( s.xiv2; MS: c.1400 )  A tresreverent et tresamé homme et honourable seignour, [le] chanseler de la université d'Oxenford  Ars Dict 30.52
( 1414 )  a la tresreverente dame, dame Johanne roigne d'Engleterre  Rot Parl1 iv 53
politenesseccl.(in form of address or honorific reference to a member of the clergy) right reverend, most venerable
( c.1340; MS: s.xiv2 )  Conceyvant par la lettre mon tres reverent piere l’abbé q’il ne moy est pas bienvoillant come il devreit estre  Cist Form 315.23
( 1387 )  Auxi je voile qu’il soit surement ordeigné et accordé par mez ditz executours ovesque le tres reverend pier en Dieux l’evesque de Londres  Will Bere and Burley 110
( 1381-97; MS: s.xv1 )  (addressing a bishop:) je moy recomans a vostre tres reverende paternitee  Lett & Pet 130.79.24
( 1422 )  Jeo [...] jure a les seintz evangelies qe de ce jour en avant serrai foial et loial et foi a vous tresreverent pier [...] l’arcevesque de Cantirbirs  Reg Chich i 80

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See also:

reverent  tres1 
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