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quinzaine rare.|ˈkwɪnzeɪn, F. kæ̃zɛn|
[a. F. quinzaine, a set of fifteen things, a period of fifteen days, f. quinze: see next.
Blount Glossogr. (1656) has ‘Quinzain (Fr.) a term or delay of fifteen days; also a staff of fifteen verses’. Through Phillips, Bailey, &c., the latter sense has passed into mod. Dicts., but there is no evidence that it has ever been in actual Eng. use. In sense 2 quinzaine represents AF. quinzein, for quinzime quinzième.]
1. A fortnightly event, meeting, etc. rare—1.
1856Mrs. Hawthorne in N. Hawthorne & Wife (1885) II. 85 Aunt Sue intended to have Quinzaines (fortnightly soirées) this winter.
2. Hist. = quindene, quinzième 2.
1863J. R. Walbran Mem. Fountains Abbey (Surtees Soc.) 143 The military levies granted in the Parliament at Lincoln in the Quinzaine of St. Hiliary 9 Edw. II. 1899R. Sharpe Cal. Let. Bk. A. 16, {pstlg}12 10s. for wine, to be paid in the quinzaine of St. Michael [1277]. Ibid. 17, {pstlg}9 for leather;..to be paid in the quinzaine of Easter. |