A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1633-1634
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Octoverat, n. [L. type *octovirāt-us as f. octo-vir a member of a council of eight men, on the pattern of triumvirate.] A council of eight: see Octavians n. pl. —a1634 Forbes Rec. 355.
About the ȝeir 1595 ane great … jealousie being secreitly fostered … against ane octoverat or eight privie counsellors then croppen in the full credit with his majestie of all his effaires
