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† unˈtrial, a. Obs.
[Of obscure origin.]
gentleman untrial: (see quot. 1486).
1486Bk. St. Albans, Heraldry B ii b, Ther be ij dyuerse Gentylmen made of gromys that be nott gentilmen of cote⁓armure nother of blode. Oon is calde in armys a gentylman vntriall, that is to say made vp emong religyous men as priorys, Abbottis, or Byschoppis. 1562Legh Armorie 27 b, The eight is called a gentleman vntrial, and such is he, as being brought vp in an Abbey, or with a bishop [etc.]. 1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 257 This vntriall gentleman was one of that nobleman father Parsons spies. Ibid. 270 Our Frankelings, Gentlemen vntriall, or substantiall Yeomen. |