ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED.]
1. Formulated or set forth in articles.
1577. Holinshed, Chron., I. 66/1. The confession of faith articuled in the Nicene councell.
1611. Cotgr., Articulé, articulated, articled; set downe in, reduced unto, articles.
2. Bound under articles of apprenticeship.
1837. Howitt, Rur. Life, VI. x. (1862), 506. A youth articled to an attorney.
1840–1. Dickens, Old C. Shop, II. xviii. My articled pupil.
1860. Smiles, Self-Help, iii. 57. Austen Layard, originally an articled clerk in the office of a London solicitor.
3. Provided with articles (of faith).
1868. Spectator, 10 Oct. Our elaborately articled Anglican system must be largely simplified.
