A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1533-1596
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Peregrination(e, -acioun, n. [e.m.E. peregrynacioun (1523) travelling from land to land, a pilgrimage, a sojourning, F. pérégrination (12th and 16th c. in Littré), L. peregrīnātio.] a. The action of journeying in foreign lands, or from place to place. b. A pilgrimage. c. fig. (Man's) life on earth (viewed as ? a pilgrimage or journey, or ? a sojourn). —1533 Boece x. iii. 352 b.
Quhen to Paris eftir his peregrinacioun he resortit 1533 Ib. xi. xi. 429.
The king … gaif him to pennance vsing peregrinacioun and offerandis in diuers kirkis 1580–1 King's Confession in Dickinson Source-Bk. III. 34.
We … refuse … his justification by workes … meritis perdones peregrinationes and stationeis 1596 Dalr. I. 19/14.
Peblse … anes lang syne verie celebrate throuch frequent … peregrinatione —fig. 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 18/7.
The schort tyme of this oure fragil peregrinatione
