† debiten.
Obsolete.
A deputy, lieutenant.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > deputy or substitute
depute1405
deputy1405
suffragana1450
steads bearingc1460
excuser1461
debity1467
stead-holdingc1480
debite1482
stead holderc1485
placeholder1560
surrogate1604
substitute1650
steadsman1876
understudy1882
1482 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 312 The Master..every Þursday to be at the common halle, or els a debet ffor hym.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xxiii. 24 Felix the hye debite.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Dan. ii. C Arioch beinge then the kynges debyte.
1549 E. Allen tr. L. Juda Paraphr. Reuelacion S. John f. 26, in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II The vycar and debyte of Christ.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† debiteadj.
Obsolete. rare.
That is owed or due.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > that is due
duea1387
debite1678
1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV 5 Sin, as to its formal cause, is ..a privation of debite perfection.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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