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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1654
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Nominator, n. [e.m.E. nominator (1659), L. nōminātor.] One who nominates (for election). — 1654 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 123.
The nominatores and electores … did let ministers … newir once acquainting the sessioune with anie such thinge
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