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Dekin, n.2 Also: dekine, -yn(e, pl. deknys, -nes; dakin, deekin. [ME. deken, dekin, dekne (c 1290), earlier diakne, diacne, OF. diacne, OE. diacon.] An ecclesiastical deacon; a deacon's vestment. a1400 Leg. S. viii. 60.
Prestis … ordanyt he & deknes alse in thare degre Ib. xi. 348; etc.
Scho … the blame Apone a dekyne set be name c1420 Wynt. v. 2279.
Prestys and deknys he bad that thai [etc.] Ib. 2380.
Thow wes wownt on nakyn wys To do but dekyn thi serwys 1535 Stewart 44839.
His dekyn Phillip callit than wes he 1554 Acts & Decr. MS. X. 280.
Ane caip of broun chamyllet … with dekin, subdekin, and chiszabill of the samin 1570 St. A. Kirk S. 346.
Sum of the eldaris and dakinnis of the seat 1591 S. Leith. Rec. 1.
The elders and deekins chosen for the ȝeir
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