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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1572-1575
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Custumance, -ummance, n. [ME. custumance (Chaucer), -aunce, OF. coustumance.] Custom; customary assembling. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvi. 261.
Syndry ritis … of paȝanys custummance 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 340.
At the croce of Edinburgh, quhair maist custumance of peipill war
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