† Cene Obs.
[a. F. cène the Last Supper, the Communion:—L. cēna mid-day or afternoon meal, dinner, supper.]
The Last Supper; also = Cene Thursday, the day on which the Last Supper was eaten, Maundy Thursday.
| c 1320 R. Brunne Medit. 1111 Certys, sayd petyr, þys nyȝt at þe cene. 1382 Wyclif Rev. Prol., That in the cene on his brest he shulde lyn. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ix. xxx. (1495) 364 Lente lastyth to the Cene of our lord that is Shere thursdaye. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 329/4 He had be wasshen of the kynges honde on Cenethursdaye. 1491 ― Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. xlii. 70 b/1 The daye of the Cene comen..Zozimas..tooke a chalys. |