† untrialadj.
Obsolete.
gentleman untrial: (see quot. 1486).
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bishopc893
prelate?c1225
prince of priests?c1225
high priestc1400
pontificala1450
emperor clerkc1475
gentleman untrial1486
dignitya1525
Aaron1565
hierarch1574
presul1577
monsignor1579
church governor1588
pontiff1589
archbishop1600
monseigneur1601
monsignor1611
sheikh1613
protomist1619
Mar1622
hyperochality1637
protarch1654
pontifex1655
prelatical1658
dignitary1672
hierophanta1676
Monsig.1698
ecclesiarch1781
arch-pontiff1790
Mgr1848
Msgr.1868
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1486 Bk. St. Albans, Heraldry B ii b Ther be ij dyuerse Gentylmen made of gromys that be nott gentilmen of cote~armure nother of blode. Oon is calde in armys a gentylman vntriall, that is to say made vp emong religyous men as priorys, Abbottis, or Byschoppis.
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 27 b The eight is called a gentleman vntrial, and such is he, as being brought vp in an Abbey, or with a bishop [etc.].
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 257 This vntriall gentleman was one of that nobleman father Parsons spies.
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 270 Our Frankelings, Gentlemen vntriall, or substantiall Yeomen.
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adj.1486