monial
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Anglo-Norman, from Old French moinel, noun use of moienel (“middle”), from moien.[1]
Noun
editmonial (plural monials)
- (obsolete, architecture) A mullion. [14th–19th c.]
Etymology 2
editFrom Anglo-Norman monyale, Middle French monyalle, or their source, Late Latin monialis.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmonial (plural monials)
- (Christianity, now rare) A nun, especially one dedicated to an enclosed order. [from 14th c.]
- 1982, Gene Wolfe, chapter VII, in The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun; 3), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 49:
- For the first time since I had glimpsed her across the crowded ballroom I understood how I could have mistaken her for a monial of the order whose habit she wore.
References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mullion”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
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Noun
editmonial m (plural moniaux)
- (obsolete) monial
Further reading
edit- “monial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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