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▪ I. † ˈmoines Obs. rare.
Also moynes.
[ad. OF. (early 14th c.) moinesse, moynesse, moignesse, f. moine: see monk and -ess.]
A nun.
1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 413 The other hyght saynt Erkengode a moynes serene. Ibid. 3519 Blessed pure virgin moines and abbasse, O venerable werburge.
▪ II. moines
obs. form of means: see mean n.
1449Verulam MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm., 1906) 3 note. |