contubernial
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]contubernial (comparative more contubernial, superlative most contubernial)
- Alternative form of contubernal
Middle English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]contubernial
- contubernal
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Parsons Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- Humble folk ben Christes friends: they ben contubernial with the Lord, thy King.
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References
[edit]- “contubernial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.