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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Deaconrie, -ry, n. [Later var. of Dekinrie.] Deaconship (of a trade).1560 Bk. Disc. 220.
Ony othir charge that may onerat or abstract him or thame from the cair of thair office, suche as tutorie, curatorie, deaconrie, or ony siclike 1648 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 153.
It is fund that … Iohne Wilsone is incapable of the office of deaconrie [of the cordoners] 1658 Lamont Diary 108.
At this tyme, also, they gatt a deaconry ouer the tradis

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