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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Ecclesiastical(l, a. [e.m.E. (1538).] = Ecclesiastic,a. —1562-3 Winȝet II. 52/4.
Mony wechty ecclesiastical exemplis 1563 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 217.
In the cataloge of the ecclesiastical wrytars 1568 Pref. Lyndesay 6.
The haill ecclesiasticall estait
