A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Chapdourman, n. [Cf. chepdour Cheptour n.] A member of an ecclesiastical chapter. —1638) Spalding I. 109. (
To vse all meinis for eschewing in the electioun . . chapdourmen who have chosin bischopis