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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1400, 1456-1610
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Conjunctioun, -tion(e, n. Also: -tioune, -cioun(e. [ME. conjunct-, conjunccioun (Chaucer), -ion(e, OF. conjunction, etc., L. conjunctio.]
1. Conjunction of heavenly bodies. 1375 Barb. iv. 695.
Astrology, Quhar-throu clerkis that ar vitty, May knaw coniunctione off planetis c1400 Troy-bk. i. 497.
The sonne … neuirmare May tak eclyps, bot gif it ware In the coniunctioun of the moone c1400 Ib. 547. 1456 Hay II. 108/2. 1456 Ib. 150/17.
The cause of conjunctionis and the diverse movingis of the planetis a1500 Henr. Orph. 594 (B).
As is the clippis and the coniunctioun Of sone and mone be calculatioun a1500 Bk. Chess 6.
Throw the coniunctioun … Off this schrewit Saturnus … And Iubiter the planet most benyng 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 55/16.
The mune is ay ful, as veil at the coniunction as at the appositione
2. Combination, union. 1490 Irland Mir. I. 70/34.
The humanite of Ihesu, and vnioun and coniunccioun of it in a persoune with the diuinite 1562-3 Winȝet II. 41/8.
That coniunctioun … conuertit nocht the ane in the wthir 1570 Bann. Memor. 30.
Lykeas the nobilitie now assembled will tarie thair conjunctioune, so lang as possiblie … thai may 1596 Dalr. II. 443/17.
Fra that furthe tha appeirit to be in peace, as in the alde bandes of luue and coniunctione 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i. 44.
The conjunction or band of fidelitie, … sould be mutuall betwix the over-lord, and the vassall 1610 Edinburgh Testaments MS. XLVI. 134.
Hir bodie … thair to rest quhill the coniunctioun of saull and bodie
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