† reˈnome Obs.
[ad. F. renom, later form of renon renown n. Earlier examples of the spelling belong to renomee.]
Renown.
| 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. cxlvi. 175 Do nat a thyng that shulde blemysshe your renome. c 1557 Abp. Parker Ps. lxxviii. 118 In ages still to come To ryse and sprede..God's actes to hys renome. 1561 T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iii. 289 Neither doth Jacob this bicause he is careful for the enlarging of the renome of his name. |