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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1575
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Practitioner, n. [e.m.E. practicioner (1544), practitioner, etc., extended f. Practician(e n.] = Practician(e n. 1. —c1575 Balfour Pract. 655.
Bot the infeftment of fie and liferent maid all the rest fre, as the auldest practitioneris of writeris knawis, and have sene oft