▪ I. ˈmonial, a. and n.1 Obs.
Also 4 -yale, 4–6 -yal(l, 6 -iale, moiniall.
[a. OF. monial, moinal (moniale n. fem.), f. F. moine monk; or ad. med.L. moniāl-is.]
A. adj. Monastic. rare—0.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Monial or Monachal. |
B. n. A nun.
| 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. x. 319 Þere shal come a kyng and confesse ȝow religiouses,..And amende monyales monkes and chanouns. 1513 Bradshaw St. Werburge ii. 319 Virgin and moiniall of mycle excellence. c 1550 Bale K. Johan (Camden) 18 Canons of S. Marke, Vestals and Monyals. 1587 Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1027/1 The first was a house for women called moniales or nuns. |
▪ II. monial, n.2 Arch. Now Antiq.
(ˈməʊnɪəl)
Forms: 4 moniel, monyele, moyniele, 4–6 moynel(l, 5 munell, 6 monyelle, -al, mun(y)iall, moinel, mynell, 9 monial.
[a. OF. moinel, moynel, monial (also meigneaul, mayneau, maineau, mod.F. meneau), of unknown origin. Cf. mullion, munnion.]
1. A mullion.
| 1330 in J. T. Smith Antiq. Westminster (1807) 185 [For the purpose of strengthening and keeping in their places the] moynells [in the east gable]. 1379 Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 102 Et in j moniel lapid. figend. cum plumbo in prædictis aluris. a 1440 Sir Degrev. 1459 Square wyndowus of glas, The rechest that ever was Tho moynelus was off bras. 1426–7 Rec. St. Mary at Hill 64 For iiij munell for wyndowes. a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 73 The postes or monyelles of euery wyndow was gylte. 1569 in Pension Bk. Gray's Inn (1901) 464 Munialls in the said windowes. 1846 Ecclesiologist V. 164 The west window of the north aisle, of three lights with simply intersecting monials. 1856 J. Allen Liskeard viii. 119 Three small square-headed lights..the openings separated by monials. 1878 M{supc}Vittie Christ Church Cathedral 28 note, In all these old walls were found..annulated monials and cusped tracery. |
† 2. One of the plates of gold on the back of a bishop's or abbot's glove. Obs.
| c 1540 Inv. Westm. Abbey in Trans. Lond. & Mdsx. Archæol. Soc. IV. 317 The best payre of Pasturall Gloves, with parells of brodered work and small perells haveyng on them ij monyals of gold garnyshed with vj stones and xxiiij gret perles. |