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maternalis

maternalis [ML] 1 of or belonging to a mother, maternal; b (fig.). c1380 voluntate prima paternali et pariter ~i FormOx 325; c1410 vestre ‥ reverencie ~i ‥ clareat ‥ quod Ib. 422.  b s1382 ad ~is virge documentum ‥ advolavit [Wyclef] iterum Knighton Cont. 161. 2 (~is lingua) mother tongue. 1454 statuta ‥ teneantur ‥ parochianis ~i lingua exponere Conc. Syn. III 567a. 3 typical of mother, motherly. mater ~i dileccione ardore estuans (Edm.) NLA II 659.

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