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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1490
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Complecioun, n. [Med. L. complecio, L. complētio. Eng. completion only from 17th c.] Completion, fulfilment. — 1490 Irland Mir. I. 12/11.
Othere sais that it [wisdom] is obediens, and complecioune of the law and commandment of God 1490 Ib. 121/34.
The tyme quhen his … promys suld be fulfillit and haue complecioune
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