A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1456-1479, 1558-1584
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Approbatioun, -acioun, n. Also: approbation(e. [ME. (rare) and e.m.E. approbacion, -acyon, -ation, F. approbation, L. approbātio.] Approbation, approval.1456 Hay I. 212/2 (to the quhilk approbacioun men sall fynd gude resouns); 292/12 (be the papis approbacioun and confirmacioun). 1479 Acts Lords of Council 22/1 (approbacion and new ratificacion tharof). 1558-66 Knox II. 193 (the publict approbatioun of the peple). 1584 Acts III. 310/2 (approbatioun of the lait cunȝie).
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