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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Plebescit(e, n. (F. plébiscite, L. plēbiscītum, 17th c. Eng. plebiscite (1602), ‘a decree or ordinance of the common people’ (Lewis & Short). Cf. 19th c. Eng. = a direct vote of the electors of a state to decide a specific issue.) —1533 Bell. Livy II. 41/3.
We sufferit ȝow to haue … the plebescitis to be vsit in maner of lawis abone the faderis
