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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1490-1585
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Deité, -itee, -itie, n. [ME. (Chaucer) and OF. deité, L. deitas.] Deity, divinity. —1490 Irland Mir. I. 6/32 (baith in his deite and his humanite). 1490 Ib. 32/8 (in his entite and deite). 1513 Doug. i. ix. 43 (gif ony deite takis tent). c1530-40 Stewart Bann. MS. 88 b/86 (for Godis deite). c1552 Lynd. Mon. 253 (be the power of his deitee). a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xlix. 55 (in hevin eternall deitie).
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