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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Papat(e, -ait, n. [ME. papat (Gower), OF. papat (15th c. in Godef.), med. L. papatus.] (? A holder of) the office of pope, the papacy. —1456 Hay I. 216/26.
And the subject had bene als evill to the haly papatis as the maister man was [etc.] a1538 Abell 96 b.
At he [Pope Boniface] entrit in the papait hes ane tod

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