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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1552-1566
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Patt(e)ring, -yng, vbl. n. [e.m.E. (Tindale).] Rapid or mechanical muttering of prayers. — c1552 Lynd. Mon. 635.
I thynk sic pattryng is not worth twa prenis 1558-66 Knox VI. 13.
With Mr Parson's pattering of his constrained prayers and with the massemunging of Mr Vicar
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