Obs. Also 5 -at. [ad. L. celebrāt-us, pa. pple. of celebrā-re to CELEBRATE, f. L. celebr-em honored by a great assembly, etc., renowned.]
1. Performed with due rites; observed with due formality; solemnly held. (Chiefly as pa. pple.; cf. CELEBRATE v.)
1471. Ripley, Comp. Alch., V. in Ashm. (1652), 148. Nor thy Conjunccion of them [be] perfytly celebrat.
1520. Sir R. Elyot, Will, in Elyot’s Gov. (1883), App. A. After hir marriage celebrate.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. cliii. 183. The same day that the fraternyte of Saynt Owen was celebrate, thenglysshmen toke the towne of Guynes.
1564. Brief Exam., ***** iij. Who brought in mariages to be celebrate in Churches?
2. Extolled, celebrated.
1538. Starkey, England, 212. Whose vertuese are celebrate in our … tempullys.
1574–7. Hellowes, Gueuara’s Fam. Ep. (1577), 28. Numantia and Sagunto were … muche renoumed and celebrate in Spaine.
1680. Hickes, Spirit of Popery, 35. Vicar was a most Zealous, and Celebrate Professor.
3. Consecrated, dedicated. (Cf. CELEBRATE v. 2.)
1632. W. Lithgow, Totall Disc., 57. The sacred Mount Pindus, celebrate to Apollo and the Muses.
Hence † Celebrateness.
1731–6. in Bailey.
1775. in Ash.
