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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1603
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Censurare, n. [e.m.E. censurer (1575).] A censor (of morals). —1603 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 27.
The sessioun nominattis and appoynts Thomas King, . . and George Elphinstoun, censuraris and captowrs