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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Chaplan(e, Chaiplan(e, n. Also: chaplain(e, -layn(e; chapplan, chaplann, -land; chap(p)len, chaplene, -ling; chaiplane, -lann, -land, -len(n, -lene. [ME. chaplayn(e, chapleyn(e, e.m.E. chaplain(e, -lan, -len, -lin(e, reduced forms of ME. chapelayn, etc. Chapellane. See also Schaplane and Cheplane.] A chaplain.(a) 1424 Cambuskenneth Let. to Jas. I (Reg. H).
Ȝour puir chaplaynis 1456 Hay I. 23/16.
A chaplayn of Sanct John de Port Latyn Ib. 134/26.
In this I traist the chaplayne is nocht irregulare 1475 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. 333.
That this decrete sould not be reuokit or gaincallit for the tyme of the saidis chaplainez 1495 Contract (Mey P.) 13 June.
Thomas M^c Fynlay Fergusson, chaplainn of Sanct Duthois college kirk of Thane 1517 Reg. Privy S. I. 451/2.
Ane lettre … gevand him licence … to … present Schir Thomas Piot, chaplain, to the vicarage of Cluny a1578 Pitsc. II. 66/4.
Then said M^r Walter chaplaine that he had the Devill withtin him(b) 1439 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 239.
The chaplane the quhylk at that alter … sal do the service 1456 Peebles B. Rec. 116.
Fra thin furth the said chaplan … sal be balȝe tyl hym self 1456 Hay I. 134/16.
Gif a thefe wald reve a chaplane his mantill 1478 Peebles B. Rec. 183.
That he mycht leif a chaplan in his sted to mak seruice sufficiand 1491 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. 255.
[Absent] chaplannis … salbe secludit fra ale commonys and accidence for ane yere 1508 Dunferm. B. Rec. 356.
To the chaplane of the Rude and our Lady situat at the hee altar 1520 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 199.
The chaplane that dois devyne seruice at the said altar 1530 Ib. II. 23.
That we, the brethir of the Bonetmakaris, sall haif our votis in the chesing of ane vther chaplane 1538 Treas. Acc. VI. 423.
To chaplanis being at the dirige and saull mes a1578 Pitsc. I. 217/24.
The saidis chaplans prayit for the kingis grace 1596 Dalr. II. 173/12.
This bishop … bigit a fair palice … quhair his prebend suld dwell, quhom we call chaplanis [L. sacellarios] 1645 Fam. Seton 231.
Anent the receaveing of a chaplane 1654 Mun. Univ. Glasg. I. 321.
The deanery of the chaplane of Stirling(c) 1498 Dunferm. B. Rec. 79.
Schir John Lam, chaiplane to the Rud and the Lady alter 1501 Ib. 118.
Schir Henry Lindesaye, chaiplane 1507 Reg. Episc. Brechin II. 157.
We requere yhow as oure dere frendis that yhe will ger the said chayplanis be payit 1553 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 176.
Providing … that the said James caus ane chaiplane to keip his foundatioun 1622-6 Bisset II. 145/2.
The chaiplan beand lauchfullie provyded be presentatioun of the patrone(d) 1446 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 106.
Patrik Nicholsone perpetual chaiplene of Caldhame 1490 Treas. Acc. I. 169.
To the king to offer at Master Wilȝeam Blakkis first mes, chaplen to the Stewart 1508 Reg. Panmure II. 276.
David Arbuthnot and Sir David Bell, chaiplens and notaires publict 1530 Lennox Mun. 237.
The said Schir James sell fee sex chapplennis Ib. 238.
To … paye to ilk ane of the saidis chaplenis ȝeirlye the sowm of ten lib. 1531 Misc. Bann. C. III. 417.
Schir Thomas Rychartson chaiplen 1594 Ib. 175.
Maister Iohne Blair ... quha was present with Wallace, ... and was alswa ... his mespreist and chaiplane(e) 1515 Wemyss Chart. II. 142.
Be the handis of … Schir Patrik Jackson, chapland 1545 Grant Chart. 96.
Schir John Maitland, chaipland 1641 Acts V. 550/1.
The saides rentis … wer in vse to be payit to the chaplandis or prebanderis 1654 Mun. Univ. Glasg. I. 320.
The deanry of the chapling of Striveling