† ˈplenar, plener, a. Obs. (or arch.)
Forms: 3–6 plener, (4–5 -ere, 5 -air, -or, 5–6 -are, -yer, 7 -eere), 4–6 (9) plenar. (Also 4 pleiner, 4–5 pleyner, Sc. planer, 5 planar, 6 playner.)
[ME. a. AF. plener = OF. plenier (Roland), plener, planier etc., mod.F. plénier:—late L. plēnār-is (med.L. in Du Cange) complete, f. L. plēnus full; see -ar1. So also Pr. plen(i)er, Sp. llenero.]
1. Of an assembly: Composed or consisting of the full number of members; = plenary 2; of the place of assembly: Filled, full; of the members: Fully assembled, in full assembly.
| c 1290 Edmund Conf. 445 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 444 Þe chapitle at salesburi i-holde was plener; Alle þe chanouns of þe ordre þudere come fer and ner. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11171 When Arthures court was plener, & alle were comen, fer and ner. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 108 And whan þe peple was plenere comen þe porter vnpynned þe ȝate. 1467–8 Rolls of Parlt. V. 623/1 Be cause they were then present more plener in nombre. c 1475 Partenay 2751 Thys fest plener And ryght delectable. |
2. Complete, entire, perfect; = plenary 1, full a. 7.
| 13.. Cursor M. 26164 He þat pouste has al plener. c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. 1603 Hipsiph. & Medea, [He] coude of loue al the craft & art pleyner. c 1400 Beryn 787 Constantynys sone, & of plener age, Was Emperour I-chose. 1430–40 Lydg. Bochas vii. ii. (MS. Bodl. 263) 344/2 Bi Augustus plener [ed. 1554 plenair] commyssioun. c 1440 York Myst. xx. 127 And poure haue playnere & playne to say. 1536 Act 28 Hen. VIII, c. 7 §9 Full and plenar power and auctoritie. 1614 W. Browne Sheph. Pipe i. B vij b, To her words credence he gaue pleneere [rime cheere]. 1839 Bailey Festus xx. (1854) 333 The spirit takes the plenar vows of truth. |