We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Find out moreJump to Main NavigationJump to Content

Pilgrimage of the Soul

The Pilgrimage of the Soul (1483–1500).
The 664th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 714 quotations (about 0.02% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations714Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word78Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning183Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
adeterminetrans. To finish, terminate. Only in pa. pple.1483Go To Quotation
adinventionAn invented addition, esp. to the scripture of the Bible.1483Go To Quotation
altarerA person who attends to or is responsible for an altar; = altarist n.1483Go To Quotation
alternementA changing or succession.1483Go To Quotation
appliantApplying or inclining the mind; favourably inclined, docile, pliant; diligent. Also with to, unto.1483Go To Quotation
compute= computus n. 2. Obs.1483Go To Quotation
deferentIn the Ptolemaic astronomical system: The circular orbit of the centre of the epicycle in…1483Go To Quotation
dimensionGeom. A mode of linear measurement, magnitude, or extension, in a particular direction…1413Go To Quotation
discomfortableCausing discouragement, distress, grief, or annoyance; destroying, or tending to…1413Go To Quotation
disparableUnlike.1413Go To Quotation
disparailDifferent, diverse.1413Go To Quotation
dissemblableUnlike, dissimilar, various. Hence absol. as n.1413Go To Quotation
ductible= ductile adj.1413Go To Quotation
duringlyLastingly, continuously; for a long time.1413Go To Quotation
flamedAflame, burning.1413Go To Quotation
forbed= furbished adj.1413Go To Quotation
forecasttrans. To contrive or scheme beforehand; to arrange or plan before execution; to foreordain, predestine.1413Go To Quotation
forfeiterOne who forfeits (property, etc.) or incurs forfeiture.1413Go To Quotation
foundableThat can be founded.1413Go To Quotation
fowlingThe action of fowl v.; the art or practice of hunting, shooting, or snaring wild fowl.1413Go To Quotation
fruitionThe action of enjoying; enjoyment, pleasurable possession, the pleasure arising…1413Go To Quotation
fulfillerOne who fulfils, in various senses of the vb.1413Go To Quotation
gabelleA tax; spec. the salt-tax imposed in France before the Revolution.1413Go To Quotation
gladsomenessThe state or condition of being gladsome; gladness, joy.1413Go To Quotation
grinningThat grins, in senses of the vb.1413Go To Quotation
handlessfig. Not doing, or not able to do, anything with the hands; incapable or incompetent…1413Go To Quotation
hastenessBy-form of hastiness n.1413Go To Quotation
hugefulHuge.1413Go To Quotation
indifferentOf persons: esp. indifferent judge, indifferent critic, indifferent reader.1413Go To Quotation
indiscreetWithout discernment or sound judgement. Obs.1413Go To Quotation
infinitelyIn an infinite degree, or to an infinite extent; without limit or end; boundlessly.1413Go To Quotation
inhabitorAn inhabitant, inhabiter.1413Go To Quotation
innermostMost or furthest within; inmost.1413Go To Quotation
inquietTo prevent (a person) from living in peace and quietness; to annoy, molest, harass.1413Go To Quotation
intermelltrans. To mix together, intermingle: = intermeddle v. 1.1413Go To Quotation
irremissibleThat cannot be forgiven; unpardonable.1413Go To Quotation
jointedFurnished with, constructed with, or having joints (see the various senses of the n.). spec. in Geol.: cf. joint n. 5.1413Go To Quotation
jolyvetA gay or pretty little creature.1413Go To Quotation
lachestrans. To neglect, slight. Also with inf. as object.1413Go To Quotation
lift= lifted adj. Also with up.1413Go To Quotation
livetrans. To give life to; = quicken v.1483Go To Quotation
misformtrans. To form or shape badly or wrongly; to misshape. Freq. in pass.1483Go To Quotation
mulctationA fine; an imposition of a fine.1483Go To Quotation
pestletrans. To beat, pound, or grind with or as with a pestle. Also in extended use.1483Go To Quotation
reluetrans. To set free again; to rescue, deliver.1483Go To Quotation
renovellingThe action or an act of renewal.1483Go To Quotation
restablishmentRe-establishment; restoration.1483Go To Quotation
sagittaryAstron. = Sagittarius n. 1. Obs.1413Go To Quotation
sapphirineConsisting of or like sapphire, having the qualities of sapphire, esp. the colour.1413Go To Quotation
sentenceintr. To pass judgement. Obs.1400Go To Quotation
sententiallyBy way of (judicial) sentence; judicially.1400Go To Quotation
separationThe action of separating or parting, of setting or keeping apart; the state of being…1413Go To Quotation
simple-heartedPossessed of, or characterized by, a simple heart or spirit; ingenuous…1400Go To Quotation
slothfulOf persons, etc.: Full of sloth; indisposed to exertion; inactive, indolent, lazy, sluggish.1400Go To Quotation
spawnOf fish, etc.: To cast spawn.1400Go To Quotation
subalterntrans. To make subaltern; to subordinate (something) to.1499Go To Quotation
subalternalThat is subordinate (to something).1483Go To Quotation
subalternationThe action of making subaltern or subordinate; the state or fact of being subaltern…1483Go To Quotation
surreptionSuppression of truth or fact for the purpose of obtaining something, or the action…1400Go To Quotation
suspiralA breathing-passage.1400Go To Quotation
sustenalA support.1483Go To Quotation
synderesis= synteresis n.1400Go To Quotation
tabellionA scrivener, a kind of subordinate notary; esp. in the Roman Empire, and in France…1413Go To Quotation
taxingThe action of the verb tax v. in various senses.1413Go To Quotation
tenebresDarkness, obscurity.1413Go To Quotation
transformedChanged in form or character; in Math., altered in form, but not in value. (In quot. 1413, ‘misshapen’.)1413Go To Quotation
transparentHaving the property of transmitting light, so as to render bodies lying beyond…1413Go To Quotation
travelledThat has travelled, esp. to distant countries; experienced in travel. Also with adv. as far-travelled. Also transf.1413Go To Quotation
unchangeability= unchangeableness n.1400Go To Quotation
undercraftHidden or secret craft or cunning.1400Go To Quotation
under-officerA sub-officer.1400Go To Quotation
unhelmrefl. and trans. To divest (oneself or another) of a helmet.1400Go To Quotation
unsuffisance= insuffisance n.1483Go To Quotation
unwomanlyIn a manner unbecoming a woman.1400Go To Quotation
unwroughtNot formed or fashioned by being worked on; esp. of materials (as fabrics, stone, or…1400Go To Quotation
vacillationThe action or quality of alternating or wavering in respect of opinion or conduct; hesitation, uncertainty.1400Go To Quotation
well-jointed1413Go To Quotation
witnesserOne who witnesses; a witness.1400Go To Quotation

Back to top

The top one thousand authors and works cited in the OED

The Sources page contains details about the most frequently cited authors and works in the OED.

Use the search box to search for any of these sources by author name or work title.

Click on any of the author names or work titles for more information and links to dictionary entries.

Click on the column headings to order the top one thousand sources by date, number of quotations, and first evidence for word or sense.