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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1541-1699
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(Provestschip,) Prowes(t)(s)chip(e, n. Also: provist- and (-schew.) [e.m.E. provestship (1514), prouost- (1546), f. Provest n.] a. The benefice of a collegiate provostry. = Provestry n. 1. b. The office or jurisdiction of a provost. = Provestry n. 2. —a. 16.. Hist. Kennedy 55.
Be quhais deathe the prowestschew off the Colledge of Mayboll waikitt —b. 1541 Linlithgow B. Ct. 7 Oct.
The proweschip and fredome of schirefschip within the boundis and merches of the said burgh a1578 Pitsc. II 150/21.
[She] dischargit the lord Ruthven of his provistschipe a1578 Ib. 160/5.
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