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† ˈterrien, a. Obs.
Also 5 -yen.
[a. OF. ter(r)ien terrestrial, seigniorial (12th c. in Godef. Compl.) f. terre land + -ien, -ian: corresp. to a L. type *terriānus.]
Earthly, worldly; territorial.
[1292Britton iii. iv. §21 Fey a noster Seignur le Roi..de vie et de membre, de cors et de chateaus et de terrien honour.] c1450Merlin xx. 334 The kynge Arthur, that is oure lorde terrien. 1484Caxton Chivalry 24 Thoffyce of a knyght is to mayntene and deffende his lord worldly or terryen. 1489― Faytes of A. i. i. 5 Emperours, kynges, dukes & other lordes terryens. |