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Middle English
Noun
avowtrye
- Alternative form of avoutrie
- 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Friar’s Tale:
Whilom ther was dwellynge in my contree
An erchedeken, a man of heigh degree,
That boldely dide execucioun
In punysshynge of fornicacioun,
Of wicchecraft, and eek of bawderye,
Of diffamacioun, and avowtrye,
Of chirche reves, and of testamentz,
Of contractes and of lakke of sacramentz,
Of usure, and of symonye also.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)