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‖ Vehme Hist.
(ˈveɪmə, ‖ ˈfeːmə)
Also Fehm.
[a. older G. Vehme (now Fehme, Feme), MHG. veme, veime judgement, punishment.]
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1829Scott Anne of G. xx, Go hence,..and let the fear of the Holy Vehme never pass from before thine eyes. 1838Spark's Biogr., Eaton IX. 350 Individual opinions are restrained by a tyranny as inexorable as that of the Holy Vehme, the secret tribunal of the Middle Ages. 1879Encycl. Brit. IX. 63/2 It was necessary that a candidate for initiation into the Fehm..should not be a party to any process before a Fehmic court. |