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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1580

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Precellence, n. [Late ME (1432–50) and e.m.E. precellence, obs. F. précellence (16th c. in Littré), late L. præcellentia.] Pre-eminence, excellence (as an honorific term). —1580 Hume Promine 96.
Sa tender twistis trimling on the treis, His [sc. the Prince's] prudent hie precellence for to pleis

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