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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Expiation, n. [Late ME. expyacyon (1482), L. expiātio.] A means of expiating. —1513 Doug. vi. ii. 153.
Lat tha be ȝour first expiationys And clenging graith