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† royalme Obs.
Forms: α. 4–7 roialme (5 -elme); 4–6 royalme (5–6 -aulme). β. 4 roiame, 5 -aume; 4–5 royam(m)e, 5 -aume. γ. 5 royme.
[a. OF. roialme, roiaume, roiame (mod.F. royaume), var. of reialme, etc. realm. Cf. also rialm.]
A kingdom, realm.
αc1350R. Brunne's Chron. Wace (Rolls) 14321 Al þe roialme was in speyr. Ibid. 14763 Þe seueþe roialme. 1389in Eng. Gilds (1870) 23 Þe Roialme and holy chirche and here owen soules..to reulen and kepen. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 135 That he be..obeyaunte to the laue of god, and al his roielme. 1489Caxton Faytes of A. iii. xix. 211 Noon ought to come within the roialme without a gode saufconduyte. 1512Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 9 Preamble, Henry the vijth late King of this Roialme of Englond. 1556Robinson tr. More's Utopia (Arb.) 39 The whole royalme is fylled..with hiered souldiours. 1606Holland Sueton. 5 The Alexandrianes had driven their King out of his Roialme.
βc1350R. Brunne's Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1954 Als þe þre royames lys. Ibid. 14325 Constantyn..tok hym þe roiame in kepyng. 1475Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 7 To destroie Roiaumes and countreis by roialle gret power. 1493Hen. VII in Four C. Eng. Lett. (1880) 9 To the subversion of this our royaume.
γ1474in Coventry Leet Bk. 413 Concernyng the well of vs, oure Royme, and subgettes of the same. 1482in Rymer Fœdera (1711) XII. 166/1 Gevyng to theym..Auctorite to go and adresse theymself unto the Royme of Scotlond.
b. The kingdom of heaven or paradise.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 192/2 The royame of heuen is nyghe to them that doo penaunce. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (1506) i. iii, The chirche of the royalme of paradyse. |