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▪ I. † ˈbachelry, n. Obs.
Forms: 3 bachelrye, 3–4 bachelerie, 4– -ilerie, 4–5 -elrie, 5 bachelary, -ellerye, -yllerie, -ye, 5–7 -elery, 7 batchelary, -ellrie.
[a. OF. bachelerie (still in Cotgr.), f. bacheler bachelor: see -ry.]
1. The quality of a young knight; prowess.
1297R. Glouc. 192 Þe knyȝtes atyled hem aboute in eche syde, In feldes and in medys to preue her bachelerye. c1386Chaucer Manciple's T. 21 This Phebus, that was flour of bachilerie.
2. Bachelors collectively:
a. Young knights as a class or body. (Cf. chivalry.)
1297R. Glouc. 76 A fayr ost of þys bachelerie. c1330Arth. & Merl. 4099 Her schal com a bachelrie Of the to haue cheualrie. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. clxxx. 160 Kyng edward sent after al the bachyllerye of englond [ed. 1520 (f. 121 b) bachelarie]. 1656Sir J. Finett For. Ambass. 10 The Prince Palatine, attended by the Batchellrie of the Nobilitie.
b. A body of unmarried men.
a1500Turnam. Tottenh. xxv. in Percy Reliq., Whych of all thys bachelery Were best worthye To wed hur. 1615A. Niccholes Marriage (1620) B, To the Youth and Batchelary of England, hote bloods at high Reuels.
▪ II. bachelry a.
see bachelorly. |