A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1575-1578
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Gubernament, n. [Cf. med. L. gubernamen.] Government, rule. —1575 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 42.
The Prince or sic as bure gubernament 1578 Acts III. 94/2.
Sum evill aduisit personis, … disfauoraris off his grace gubernament