Obs. rare1. [f. prec. + -Y: cf. hierarchy and L. Aristarchēi severe critics.] A body of severe critics.
a. 1612. Harington, Brief View Ch. Eng. (1653), 153. Some of the Aristarchy and sowre censures of these daies.
Obs. rare1. [f. prec. + -Y: cf. hierarchy and L. Aristarchēi severe critics.] A body of severe critics.
a. 1612. Harington, Brief View Ch. Eng. (1653), 153. Some of the Aristarchy and sowre censures of these daies.