Hist. Also Fehm. [a. older G. Vehme (now Fehme, Feme), MHG. veme, veime judgment, punishment.] = next.
1829. Scott, Anne of G., xx. Go hence,… and let the fear of the Holy Vehme never pass from before thine eyes.
1838. Sparks, Biogr., Eaton, IX. 350. Individual opinions are restrained by a tyranny as inexorable as that of the Holy Vehme, the secret tribunal of the Middle Ages.
1879. Encycl. Brit., IX. 63/2. It was necessary that a candidate for initiation into the Fehm … should not be a party to any process before a Fehmic court.
