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reseratio

reseratio [LL] 1 (act of) operating a lock. b (spec.) opening, unlocking (in quot. in fig. context). estimo unam clavem ad omnis serre reserrationem non sufficere R. Niger Mil. IV 48.  b s1432 per gratiosam ~onem porte vestre pastoralis benevolencie Amund. I 307; vestrarum clausistis januas aurium ‥ licet pulsaret improbe et peteret perfide ~onem Reg. Whet. II 379. 2 (act of) opening to access, passage, or view (in quot., of heaven). caelo aperto non ~one elementorum sed spiritalibus oculis intuens V. Cuthb. I 5; habes ‥ unum in apertione caeli ‥ ; quia eum ‥ ~o caelorum Deum indicat Alcuin Dogm. 146A. 3 disclosure, revelation. b interpretation. revolutio lapidis mystice ~onem sacramentorum, quae velamine litterae tegebantur insinuat Bede Luke 623; nec ad aliorum minorationem spectare existimat si sacrorum ~one eloquiorum depromit quid sentiat Andr. S. Vict. Comm. 274.  b in ~one occultacionum hujus prophecie (Ergome) Pol. Poems I 127.

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