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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Datar,) Daitar, n. [e.m.E. datary (1527), med. L. datarius.] An officer of the Papal Court, having the charge of dating and registering bulls and other documents. —1515 Wks. G. Douglas (1874) I. p. lvi.
Efter that the Papis Holynes had redd the samin, he deliuerit it to the daitar
