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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1681
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Fundatioun, n. Also: -atyowne, -atioune, -ation(e, -acioun(e. [ME. fundacioun (Chaucer), fundacion, L. fundātio.].
1. The action of founding or establishing.c1420 Wynt. v. 5827.
The tyme off this fundatyowne Wes efftyre the Incarnatyowne To be reknyd sex hundyr yhere c1420 Ib. vi. 243. 1456 Hay I. 77/7.
Twa othir citeis the quhilkis sen thair first fundacioun has ever hatit the tane the tothir 1533 Bell. Livy I. 114/5.
As he war gevin alanerlie to the fundacioun of the tempill of Jupiter 1568 Pref. Lyndesay 6.
The occasioun of the fundatioun of the Uniuersitie of the samin
2. a. A building founded.c1420 Wynt. vii. 2452.
The castelle … Wes tretyd to be castyn down And na kyn swylk fundatyown Suld newyre into that plas be set
b. An understructure.1533 Treasurer's Accounts VI. 161.
The werkmen quhilkis werkis with Peris at the fundatioune of the artailȝerie a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxviii. 90.
Greit was the work to houke the ground & thy fundatioun cast 1585 James VI Ess. 70.
Who set the earth on her fundations sure 1633 Master of Works Accounts XXV. 47.
For … hewing the dyell … with the pillar, stapis, degries and fundatioun thairof
3. The founding of an institution, etc.; the arrangements, regulations, or provision made for the management or maintenance of this.1488 Acts Lords of Council 97/1.
To visy the said hospitale and se gif the fundacioune thereof be kepit or nocht 1517 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 164.
Schir Johne Craufurd, fundour … of Sanct Johnis Kirk … adnullis the fundatioun and mortificatioun maid of befor c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4424.
Than kyngis, in tyll all nationis, Maid preistis gret fundationis 1564 Acts II. 544/1.
The waisting of the patrimonie of sum of the fundatiounis maid in the Colleges 1589 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 6.
The awld hospitall … quhilk was occupeit be the beidmen of the awld fundatioun 1622-6 Bisset I. 205/27.
The auld fundationis, mortificationis, and utheris wreittis … of kirklandis and rentis 1657 Mun. Univ. Glasg. I. 336.
All … fundationes, mortificationes, dotationis, … given … in favours of our said universitieattrib. 1598 Liber Coll. Glasg. Pref. lxxv.
The provisionis contenit in the fundatioun buikis eftirmentionat
4. The fundament.1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. ii. 33.
Who quarrels pick with neighbour nations, Get halberts thrust through their fundations
