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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1615
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(Parricide,) Paraseid, n.2 [e.m.E. paricide (1555), para(1560), F. parricide (13th c.), L. par(r)icīda.] One guilty of parricide. — c1615 Chron. Kings 179.
The King of France … Henry the fourtt wes slayne be ane freir … This paraseid … at this tyme wes ane practitian of the law
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