Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete spelling of
high .
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Examples
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¶ And therwyth also {the} hygh p {er} petuel crown.
The Assemble of Goddes Anonymous
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¶ That hygh name of god they shal as they des {er} ue
The Assemble of Goddes Anonymous
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The King, then abydeng stille in the seide Priory, upon Mich'as even sent the clerke of his closet to the Churche of Sent Michel to make redy ther hys clossette, seying that the Kynge on Mich'as day wolde go on p'cession and also her ther hygh masse.
The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse
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The quest of the Holy Grail, motive of the most exquisite series of mystic tales that has ever been written, was, we are expressly informed, 'the hygh way of our Lord Jhesu Cryst, and the way of
The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan
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The Meyre and his counsell, remembreng him in this mater, specially avysed hem to pray the Byshoppe of Wynchester to say hygh masse afore the Kynge.
The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse
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I say the Masse is holden greatly in estimation, and hygh amongest men, and is not founded in the word, therefore I sayd it was Idolatry and abhominable in the sight of God.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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_ Nowe, bynge we a waste to the hygh pad, the ruff-manes is by.
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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_Naye, let vs go hence to the hygh waye, the wodes is at hande.
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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Dean Colet, in the statutes of St. Paul's School, which he founded in 1512, expressly ordains that his scholars should, every Childermas Day, [84] 'come to Paulis Churche, and hear the Chylde Bishop's Sermon; and, after, be at hygh masse, and each of them offer a penny to the
A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide John Ashton
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The statutes of Dean Colet for the government of his school enjoin that "all the children shall every Childermas Day come to Paule's Churche, and heare the chylde bishop sermon, and after be at hygh masse and each of them offer 1_d. _ to the chylde bysshop."
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