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Pelligrian, n. (Appar. erron. for e.m.E. Pelagian (1532), Pellagiane, a follower of the doctrine of the heretic Pelagius.) —a1568 Wedderburne Bann. MS. 279 b/69.
Quha did mair errasy nor Arrius With the evill sort of pelligrians als?
