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▪ I. † contumace, n. Obs. rare.
[a. F. contumace, ad. L. contumācia contumacy.]
= contumacy; also, a pronouncing a person to be in contumacy.
a1225Ancr. R. 198 Contumace..is onwil ine þing þet heo haueð undernumen uorto donne. a1662Heylin Hist. Presbyterians 358 (D.) Except the fault be notorious..and so declared by an assize, excommunication, contumace, and lawful admonition.
▪ II. † contumace, a. Obs. rare.
[a. OF. contumace (in Godef.) stubborn, unyielding, ad. L. contumāc-em: see contumax.]
= contumacious.
c1425Lansd. MS. of Chaucer, Pars. T. ⁋328 Contumace is he, etc. [other MSS. contumax, contymax: see contumax]. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge, ad. fin. 3rd Balade i, Renegate and contumace in all obstinacion. 1541R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 D ij b, Contumace & waywarde vlceres.
▪ III. † contumace, v. Obs. rare.
[a. F. contumace-r (13th c. in Godef.), f. contumace contumacious.]
trans. To pronounce guilty of contumacy.
1663Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1792) I. 313 (Jam.) No bishop was called nor contumaced, except the pretended bishop of Ross. |