Meanings
- not comparableobsoleteThe highest (in authority, status, or elevation)
shaving which is on the overmost part of the head signifieth that between God and them ought to be nothing ne mean that should displease
1900, F. S. Ellis, The Golden Legend, translation of original by Jacobus de Varagine
Origin
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