magnas

magnas [LL pl. only] , magnate, nobleman, great lord; b (of kingdom); c (eccl. or mon.); d (municipal); e (as dist. from lower orders); f (w. ref. to the major pieces on the back row of a chessboard). ~ates vel sapientes ‥ vidisti B. V. Dunst. 32; et hic ~as, -tis, i. ille qui magnus est in populo Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 333; inter magnates magnus fertur fore vates D. Bec. 598; 1236 ~ates pecierunt ‥ prisonam ‥ de illis, quos ceperant in parcis SelPlForest 119; impia magnates injuste bella moventes Garl. Tri. Eccl. 80; sicut fieri solebat in festis ~atum [ME: at a feste of gret lordis] Itin. Mand. 104.  b regio testamento et privilegio ‥ perpetuatum ‥ et ~atum regni subscriptione astipulatum Gosc. Transl. Mild. 9; 1265 cum ~atibus terre nostre deliberatum consilium Cl 32; 1279 juravit ‥ rex Anglie Henricus ‥ quod omnes ~ates sibi subditos vel verius subdendos Peckham Ep. 2; placeat ‥ regi ‥ ceterisque ~atibus regni Anglicani Wycl. Compl. 88.  c illud fit a prelatis [PL: et ecclesie ~atibus] Beleth RDO 95. 96; ipse [sc. abbas] ~ates abbatie, tam laicos quam literatos ‥ a privato suo elongavit consilio Brakelond 128.  d s1229 omnes aldermanni et ~ates civitatis per assensum universorum civium Leg. Ant. Lond. 6; s1285 major, vicecomites, aldermani et ceteri ~ates Londoniarum MGL I 16; direxit eas [sc. scripturas] ad ~ates civitatis G. Roman. 318.  e indulgent proceres, magnates, necne calones Frith. 332; supellex vilis videbitur ignominiosa ~atibus J. Sal. Pol. 586B; non habitacula pauperum sed ~atum Scot. Grey Friars II 174.  f linea prima tenet: magnates nobiliores / altera jure tenet: pedites quoque debiliores (Vers. Corpus) Hist. Chess 519.