A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Preparator(i)e, n. (? adj.) [e.m.E. and late ME preparatory adj. (1413), noun (1620), med. L. præparatorius f. præparator a preparer. Cf. F. préparatoire (1322 in Hatz.-Darm.).] a. noun. Equipment. b. ? adj. (but perh. attrib. use of the noun) in preparatorie sermon = preparatioun sermon, Preparatio(u)n n. 3 b. —a. 1592 Mining Rec. 73 (see Preparatio(u)n n. 2).
Preparatoreis —b. 1648 Robertson Cullen Ch. Ann. 59.
The preparatorie sermons
