Beseems meaning

Secondly, when it was proposed to admonish them from the Holy Scriptures they said, ` It beseems no one but the pope to interpret the Scriptures,' and, thirdly, when they were threatened with a council, they invented the idea that no one but the pope can call a council.

As to its style, the Christian Year is calm and grave in tone, and subdued in colour, as beseems its subjects and sentiments.