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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: 1691
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Protemporarious, adj. (? used as noun) (Nonce-formation f. L. pro tempore for the time being.) — 1691 Banff Ann. II 61.
Number of poor: 8 town's poor, 4 seatown poor, 6 landwart poor, and 5 protemporarious
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