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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1515
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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
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