Also Adonay. [Heb. ădōnāi my Lords (f. ādōn lord), one of the names given in O. T. to the Deity, and represented in the A.V. by ‘Lord’ in ordinary type; also substituted by the Jews, in reading, for the ‘ineffable name’ JHVH = Jahveh or Jehovah, the latter of which is said to owe its vowels to being ‘pointed’ by the Masoretes with those of the word ădōnāi.] A name of the Supreme Being.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 230/2. She thenne … prayed in thys maner, O adonay lord Jhesu crist.
1557. Sarum Primer, i. O greate and marvelous Lord, Adonay.
