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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Idolatour, n. Also: ydol-. [e.m.E. ydolotor (c 1540).] An idolater. —c1552 Lynd. Mon. 104.
Go hence, pure buke, … Idolatouris, I feir, sall with thé flyte 1562-3 Winȝet I. 9/18.
Ȝoure forbearis … to haue bene ignorantis off God and ydolatouris a1578 Pitsc. I. 408/33.
Sinneris … and spetiall idolatouris and adullteraris
