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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1577-1596
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Consecratioun, n. Also: -atyown, -atione, -acion. [ME. consecracioun (Wyclif), -acyon, etc., OF. consecration, L. consecrātio.] Consecration. — c1420 Wynt. vii. 1852.
Of hys consecratyown This Alysandyr … wrate to Schyr Mathow a1578 Pitsc. II. 141/29.
In the consecratioun of the bred in the mes 1596 Dalr. I. 228/18.
Quhen … eftir her consecratione, … she past to the Ile of Man
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