gramarye
see also: Gramarye
Pronunciation
  • (RP, GA) IPA: /ˈɡɹæməɹi/
Noun

gramarye (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Grammar; learning#Noun|learning.
  2. (archaic) Mystical learning; the occult#Noun|occult, magic#Noun|magic, sorcery.
    • 1765, Thomas Percy, compiler, “King Estmere”, in Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: […], volume I, London: Printed for J[ames] Dodsley […], OCLC 519493226 ↗, lines 143–146, page 64 ↗:
      My mother was a weſterne woman / And learned in gramaryè, / And when I learned at the ſchole, / Something ſhee taught itt me.
Related terms
Gramarye
Pronunciation
  • (RP, GA) IPA: /ˈɡɹæməɹi/
Proper noun
  1. (literary, Arthurian, rare) The island of Britain. [from 1930s]
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