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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Explicatioun, -ation, n. [e.m.E. explication (1528), L. explicātio.] Explanation. —1541 Misc. Bann. C. I. 262.
The explication … concerning certan generallteis contenit into sum of the saids artikles 1560 Bk. Disc. 185.
This we adde for explicatioun 1570 St. A. Kirk S. 338.
To travel … in the word of God and explication thairof 1622-6 Bisset I. 253/1.
[The act of parliament] with the additioun and explicatioun following
