DEFINITIONS CONTINUED NOUN 2. a vague term of contempt; an old fogey (obsolete) 3. a traditional custom or notion obstinately adhered to however unreasonable it is shown to be; an error obstinately clung to; a prejudice CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES in allusion to the story (in R. Pace De Fructu, 1517, p. 80) of an illiterate English priest, who when corrected for reading ‘quod in ore mumpsimus’ in the Mass, replied, ‘I will not change my old mumpsimus for your new sumpsimus.' 1530 - (noun 1) The Practyse of Prelates, William Tindale; see Example below From: The Works of the English Reformers: William Tyndale and John Frith
Edited by Thomas Russell Volume I. 1831 The Practice of Prelates P. 464
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