vbl. sb. Obs. [f. name of Bonner, bishop of London during the Marian persecution.] Burning for heresy.
1613. W. Browne, Brit. Past., I. v. 382. The sacred Trine did bring Us out of bonds, from bloody Bonnering.
1627. Bp. Hall, Holy Panegyr., 482. No Bonnering or butchering of Gods saints.
