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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1579
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New Testamentar, n. (See quot.) —1579 Bassandyne Bible, Epist. Dedic.
The false namit clergie … made it an cappital crime … to have or rede the New Testament in the vulgare language … and to make them to al men mare odius as gif it had bene the detestable name of a pernicious secte, they were named New Testamentares
