† minchenn.

Forms:

α. Old English munecenu, Old English mynecenu, late Old English minecenu, late Old English mynecænu, late Old English mynicenu, late Old English–early Middle English mynecene, early Middle English minecene (genitive plural), early Middle English muchene, early Middle English munecene, early Middle English munechene, early Middle English mynecæna (genitive plural), early Middle English mynecena (genitive plural), early Middle English mynechene, early Middle English 1600s–1800s minchen, Middle English minchon, Middle English minecene, Middle English munchene, Middle English muneche, Middle English munechon, Middle English mychoun (transmission error), Middle English mynchene, Middle English myncheon, Middle English mynchine, Middle English mynchon, Middle English mynchonn, Middle English mynchoun, Middle English mynchun, Middle English 1500s 1700s–1800s mynchen, Middle English–1500s mynchion, Middle English–1500s mynchyn, 1500s 1700s mynchin, 1500s–1600s mincheon, 1500s–1600s minchun, 1600s minching, 1600s–1800s minchin, 1800s mynekin.

β. Middle English meynchen, Middle English meynchene, Middle English meynchyn.

γ. early Middle English menecene, Middle English menchen, Middle English menchone, Middle English–1500s menchon, 1600s menchion, 1600s mention.

δ. Middle English monchen, Middle English monchioun, Middle English monchon, Middle English monchone, Middle English monchyn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monk n.¹, -en suffix².

Etymology: < monk n.¹ + -en suffix², with i-mutation of the vowel in the first syllable. Compare post-classical Latin monacha (4th cent.), feminine of monachus, and Byzantine Greek μοναχή, feminine of μοναχός.The word is also found widely in place names (compare also Mincing Lane n.):1221 in E. Ekwall Oxf. Dict. Eng. Place Names (1936) 312 Minchenhamtone.1640 W. Somner Antiq. Canterbury 69 The which Wood retaines to this day the name of Minchen-Wood.a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Wilts. (1847) i. ix. 49 About Priory St. Maries, and in the Minchin-meadowes there,..there is infinite variety of plants.

Obsolete.

A nun. Occasionally in extended use: a female devotee, a religieuse. In later use historical.The distinction suggested in quot. 1806 may reflect an occasional distinction in usage in the Anglo-Saxon period between Latin sanctimonialis, Old English nunne (see nun n.¹) denoting a woman in religious life conforming to a canonical rule, and Latin monacha, Old English mynecen denoting a woman in religious life conforming to a monastic rule: see further H. S. MacGillivray The Influence of Christianity on the Vocabulary of Old English in Stud. zur Engl. Philologie (1902) 8 120.

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society > faith > church government > monasticism > nun > [noun]

nuneOE

sistereOE

minchenOE

nun-sisterOE

spousea1200

ladyc1275

religious1340

clergess1393

homely womana1400

monialc1400

moinesa1513

sanctimoniala1513

vowess1533

nosegent1567

votaress1589

votress1597

monkess1602

White Lady1606

cloistressa1616

sanctimony1630

religiosea1657

clergywoman1673

religieuse1682

religioso1708

vestal1717

OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 286 Martinus hæfde gehadod his gebeddan on mynecena life on sumum mynstre.

OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 164 Monacha uel monialis, mynecenu.

a1225 ( Rule St. Benet (Winteney) (1888) 13 Her seið ure hlaford..hu fele mynecena kynn syndan. Feower cynne mynecene beod. Þat forme minecene cin is mynsterlice.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14212 Heo wes..munechene.

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 63 (MED) Sudeakne mey be ywedded nauȝt, Monek, muneche, ne no frere.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 403 Sche was i-made mynchoun [v.r. monchon, meynchyn].

1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 6 My suster Thomase Blount, Menchon of Romeseye.

a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) 3927 (MED) Þere was a mynchun wt-inne þat abbay þo.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 7164 (MED) Þar war, in diuers mansiouns Duelland, monkys and monchiouns.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 33 I wold rather make you a nonne or a menchon.

1495 Will of John Terbuck (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/10) f. 159 Euery mynchion w^t in the same abbey.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xviii. sig. dviii A Mynchen in the temple of Diana.

a1539 Injunctions in Archaeologia (1883) 47 54 That euery nunne and mynchin of this house..obserue ther deuyne seruice.

1603 J. Stow Suruay of London (new ed.) 134 Pertayning to the Minchuns or Nunnes of Saint Helens.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. v. 294/1 Ermengith a mention.

1623 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. (ed. 2) vii. xi. 258/2 Lady Nithgith..was a Menchion.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Minchings, an ancient word for those consecrated, whom we call Nuns.

1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church I. iv. 177 The mynekins were so called from the Saxon ‘munuc’, because they observed the rule of the monks, while the nuns observed the rule of the canons.

Compounds

General attributive, as minchen clothing. Obsolete.

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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 473 Þis Wilfritha was nouȝt verrayliche a mynchoun..but..sche took mynchene [v.r. meynchene] cloþynge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	minchen
释义	† minchenn. Forms: α. Old English munecenu, Old English mynecenu, late Old English minecenu, late Old English mynecænu, late Old English mynicenu, late Old English–early Middle English mynecene, early Middle English minecene (genitive plural), early Middle English muchene, early Middle English munecene, early Middle English munechene, early Middle English mynecæna (genitive plural), early Middle English mynecena (genitive plural), early Middle English mynechene, early Middle English 1600s–1800s minchen, Middle English minchon, Middle English minecene, Middle English munchene, Middle English muneche, Middle English munechon, Middle English mychoun (transmission error), Middle English mynchene, Middle English myncheon, Middle English mynchine, Middle English mynchon, Middle English mynchonn, Middle English mynchoun, Middle English mynchun, Middle English 1500s 1700s–1800s mynchen, Middle English–1500s mynchion, Middle English–1500s mynchyn, 1500s 1700s mynchin, 1500s–1600s mincheon, 1500s–1600s minchun, 1600s minching, 1600s–1800s minchin, 1800s mynekin. β. Middle English meynchen, Middle English meynchene, Middle English meynchyn. γ. early Middle English menecene, Middle English menchen, Middle English menchone, Middle English–1500s menchon, 1600s menchion, 1600s mention. δ. Middle English monchen, Middle English monchioun, Middle English monchon, Middle English monchone, Middle English monchyn. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monk n.¹, -en suffix². Etymology: < monk n.¹ + -en suffix², with i-mutation of the vowel in the first syllable. Compare post-classical Latin monacha (4th cent.), feminine of monachus, and Byzantine Greek μοναχή, feminine of μοναχός.The word is also found widely in place names (compare also Mincing Lane n.):1221 in E. Ekwall Oxf. Dict. Eng. Place Names (1936) 312 Minchenhamtone.1640 W. Somner Antiq. Canterbury 69 The which Wood retaines to this day the name of Minchen-Wood.a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Wilts. (1847) i. ix. 49 About Priory St. Maries, and in the Minchin-meadowes there,..there is infinite variety of plants. Obsolete. A nun. Occasionally in extended use: a female devotee, a religieuse. In later use historical.The distinction suggested in quot. 1806 may reflect an occasional distinction in usage in the Anglo-Saxon period between Latin sanctimonialis, Old English nunne (see nun n.¹) denoting a woman in religious life conforming to a canonical rule, and Latin monacha, Old English mynecen denoting a woman in religious life conforming to a monastic rule: see further H. S. MacGillivray The Influence of Christianity on the Vocabulary of Old English in Stud. zur Engl. Philologie (1902) 8 120. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > nun > [noun] nuneOE sistereOE minchenOE nun-sisterOE spousea1200 ladyc1275 religious1340 clergess1393 homely womana1400 monialc1400 moinesa1513 sanctimoniala1513 vowess1533 nosegent1567 votaress1589 votress1597 monkess1602 White Lady1606 cloistressa1616 sanctimony1630 religiosea1657 clergywoman1673 religieuse1682 religioso1708 vestal1717 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 286 Martinus hæfde gehadod his gebeddan on mynecena life on sumum mynstre. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 164 Monacha uel monialis, mynecenu. a1225 ( Rule St. Benet (Winteney) (1888) 13 Her seið ure hlaford..hu fele mynecena kynn syndan. Feower cynne mynecene beod. Þat forme minecene cin is mynsterlice. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14212 Heo wes..munechene. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 63 (MED) Sudeakne mey be ywedded nauȝt, Monek, muneche, ne no frere. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 403 Sche was i-made mynchoun [v.r. monchon, meynchyn]. 1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 6 My suster Thomase Blount, Menchon of Romeseye. a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) 3927 (MED) Þere was a mynchun wt-inne þat abbay þo. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 7164 (MED) Þar war, in diuers mansiouns Duelland, monkys and monchiouns. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 33 I wold rather make you a nonne or a menchon. 1495 Will of John Terbuck (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/10) f. 159 Euery mynchion w^t in the same abbey. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xviii. sig. dviii A Mynchen in the temple of Diana. a1539 Injunctions in Archaeologia (1883) 47 54 That euery nunne and mynchin of this house..obserue ther deuyne seruice. 1603 J. Stow Suruay of London (new ed.) 134 Pertayning to the Minchuns or Nunnes of Saint Helens. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. v. 294/1 Ermengith a mention. 1623 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. (ed. 2) vii. xi. 258/2 Lady Nithgith..was a Menchion. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Minchings, an ancient word for those consecrated, whom we call Nuns. 1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church I. iv. 177 The mynekins were so called from the Saxon ‘munuc’, because they observed the rule of the monks, while the nuns observed the rule of the canons. Compounds General attributive, as minchen clothing. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 473 Þis Wilfritha was nouȝt verrayliche a mynchoun..but..sche took mynchene [v.r. meynchene] cloþynge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.OE
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