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quindecim, † -disme|ˈkwɪndɪsɪm|
Forms: 5 quyndesyn, quindecym(e, 5 -dezim, 6 quyndezim, -dsime, 6–7 quindecim, -disme, 7 -desme, -dizm(e.
[Alteration of AF. quinzisme quinzième, after L. quindecim and Eng. disme dime.]
†1. A tax or duty of a fifteenth part. Obs.
a1467Gregory Chron. (Camden) 142 In the whyche Parlyment was grauntyd a quyndesyn and a dyme to the kynge. c1470Harding Chron. cl. iii, For which y⊇ Church a disme Hym graunted, so dyd the Commons a quindecyme. 1512Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 8 The two quyndezims graunted..in this present Parliament. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xxi. (1623) 1033 A taxe or quindecim, granted vnto you by Act of Parliament. 1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. lxvi. (1739) 140 Some extraordinary exaction..Quindizms, Benevolences, or other such like.
2. Eccl. Antiq. = quindene.
1472–3Rolls Parlt. VI. 44/2 The other Fyne was levied in the Quindezim of Seint John Baptist. 1511–2Act 3 Hen. VIII, c. 19 Preamble, The monday nexte after the quindecim of Seynt John Baptyst. 1629in Picton L'pool Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 126 Die Mercurii next after Quindecim Pasche next. 1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) IV. 296 Octaves, quindecims, and morrows of All Souls. |