▪ I. † contumace, n. Obs. rare.
[a. F. contumace, ad. L. contumācia contumacy.]
= contumacy; also, a pronouncing a person to be in contumacy.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 198 Contumace..is onwil ine þing þet heo haueð undernumen uorto donne. a 1662 Heylin Hist. Presbyterians 358 (D.) Except the fault be notorious..and so declared by an assize, excommunication, contumace, and lawful admonition. |
▪ II. † contumace, a. Obs. rare.
[a. OF. contumace (in Godef.) stubborn, unyielding, ad. L. contumāc-em: see contumax.]
= contumacious.
| c 1425 Lansd. MS. of Chaucer, Pars. T. ¶328 Contumace is he, etc. [other MSS. contumax, contymax: see contumax]. 1513 Bradshaw St. Werburge, ad. fin. 3rd Balade i, Renegate and contumace in all obstinacion. 1541 R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 D ij b, Contumace & waywarde vlceres. |
▪ III. † contumace, v. Obs. rare.
[a. F. contumace-r (13th c. in Godef.), f. contumace contumacious.]
trans. To pronounce guilty of contumacy.
| 1663 Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1792) I. 313 (Jam.) No bishop was called nor contumaced, except the pretended bishop of Ross. |