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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1627-1638
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(Maintainance,) Mantainans, Mentainence, n. [e.m.E. maintaynance (1592).] = Maintenance n. — 1627 Rep. Parishes 30.
The teinds whereof … wer disponed for mantainans of the castle of Edinburch 1638 Dunferm. Ann. 303.
To the mentainence of the trew religion
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