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treshonurable (c.1240)
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treshonurable (c.1240)

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treshonerable,  treshoneurable,  treshonneurable,  treshonnorable,  treshonorable,  treshonourable  (treishonourable  Rot Parl1 ii 378,  treshonurabble  St Sard 84)  
  FEW:  honorabilis *4,463b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  onorable (treshonorable)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

most honourable, praiseworthy: 
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  par vostre treshonneurable commandement  Lett & Pet 22.xxi.5
( 1401; MS: s.xv1 )  voz treshonurablez et tresamyablez lettres  Lett & Pet 285.215.16
♦politeness(in form of address or honorific reference) most honourable, praiseworthy: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Vus seez beneite […], Treshonurable mere Jhesu Crist  Théo 428
( 1284 )  A treshonerable prince e seignur Edward, Dieu grace roy de Engleterre  Reg Peckham iii 819
( 1325 )  Nostre treshoneurable et tresredouté seignur  St Sard 230
( 1374-75; MS: 1419 )  Tres honurables seignours, mair, aldermans [...]  Lib Alb 394
( 1444 )  l'an du regne de vostre treshonorable pier qe Dieu assoille primer  Rot Parl1 v 115

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See also:

honurable  tres1  treshonurablement 
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