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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1558-1580
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Consum(m)atioun, n. [ME. consummacion (1398), L. consummātio.] Consummation, completion. — 1558-66 Knox II. 148.
Even to the consummatioun of the world 1568 Buch. Indict. 47.
The consumatioun of that vngodlie mariage 1580 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 298.
Oure perfyte consumatioun and blis
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