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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1563
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Mactation, n. [e.m.E. (1640), L. mactātio.] Sacrificial slaughtering. —1563 G. Hay Confutation Abbot Crosraguel 60 b.
The Lambe of God … of whose mactation Isayas fore prophecieth