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English
Noun
enterlude (plural enterludes)
- Obsolete spelling of interlude.
1632 (indicated as 1633), William Prynne, “Actus 3, Scena Sexta”, in Histrio-mastix. The Players Scourge, or, Actors Tragædie, , London: E A[llde,] [Thomas Cotes, Augustine Matthews] and W I for Michael Sparke, , →OCLC, 1st part, page 123:ur ovvne Statutes […] preciſely prohibit the ſatyricall depraving, traducing, or derogation of the Common Prayer-Booke, and of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper in any Enterludes, Playes or Rimes, (in vvhich kinde Playes had been formerly peccant) under ſevere penalties.