A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1558-1588
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Authoritie, n. Also: authorite, -ytie. [Later var. of Auctorité and Autorité, corresp. to e.m.E. authorité, -itie.] Authority.1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 115 (havand authoritie to interprete Scripturis). 1562-3 Winȝet I. 28/16 (quhat Scripture hes he or vther authoritie). c1568 Lauder Minor P. iv. 19 (beasts ar in authorytie). a1585 Maitland Quarto MS vi. 50 (obedience to the authoritie). 1588 Cath. Tr. 202/2 (be the authorite of pape Gregore 13).
