Obs. Also veine. [a. OF. veine, ad. L. venia pardon.] = VENY1.
c. 1400. Rule St. Benet, xliv. 31. When þai say ‘Kirieleison,’ sal sho take hir veine by-fore þe auter al te grece.
c. 1450. in Aungier, Hist. Syon (1840), 250. Any brother that hathe be seek … schal first ryse and take his veyne for hys defawtes and omissyons in tyme of hys sekenes. Ibid., 328. Than … the sustres may take ther veynes, and proclame ther defautes.
