rochetedadj.
/ˈrɒtʃᵻtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈrɑtʃədəd/ Now rare.
That wears or is wearing a rochet. Used chiefly as an epithet of a bishop.
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bishoplyc890
mitredc1400
hornedc1425
pontificalc1440
episcopal1485
bishoplike1544
rocheted?1544
rochet1561
pontificial1591
pontifician1618
lawny1647
episcopalian1822
?1544 J. Bale Epist. Exhortatorye f. xi A great sort more of your anoynted auncetours, pontificall prelates, mytred mommers, mad mastrye workers, ringed ruffelers, rocheted rutters.
1842 F. E. Paget Milford Malvoisin 32 That arch-traitor William Laud,—that rochetted viper.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. vi. 215 Still rocheted and mitred more or less.
1901 G. H. Ely tr. R. M. la Clavière Women of Renaissance (ed. 2) ii. i. 146 There was, among the mass of cassocked peasants and rochetted aristocrats, a small group of cultivated men drawing its inspiration from the Cardinal of Amboise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.?1544