Michaelmasse

English

Proper noun

Michaelmasse (countable and uncountable, plural Michaelmasses)

1. Obsolete spelling of Michaelmas.
   • 1539, The Goſpell of ſaynt Matthew‎^[1]:

     The Epiſtie on the frydaye in the ember weke afoꝛe Michaelmaſſe.

   • 1590, John Stow, A Svmmarie of the Chronicles of England, from the Firſt arriuing of Brute in this Iſland, vnto this preſent yeere of Chriſt, 1590‎^[2]:

     Michaelmaſſe Tearme beginneth the ix. of October, if it be not Sunday, and endeth the xxviii. of Nouember, and hath eight returnes.

   • 1637, [John Milton], A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: On Michaelmasse Night, before the Right Honorable, Iohn Earle of Bridgewater, Vicount Brackly, Lord Præsident of Wales, and One of His Maiesties Most Honorable Privie Counsell, London: Printed [by Augustine Mathewes] for Humphrey Robinson, at the signe of the Three Pidgeons in Pauls Church-yard, →OCLC; republished as 2nd edition, London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row, 1791, →OCLC, pages 170–172, lines 252–257: