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Quotation dates: 1637
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Priortie, n. [Appar. contracted form of Prioritie n.: cf. late ME priorté (c 1400).] ? Precedence, superiority in rank. — 1637 New Lessons for the Kirk of Scotland in Fugitive Poetry II xii 2/22.
But now with prelates lait priortie, In discipline great alteratioun, As is in doctrine, altercatioun
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