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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quadracesie, n. (Appar. irreg. f. L. quadrāgēsimus fortieth: cf. e.m.E. quadragesime (1612) a set of forty, (the) forty days (of Lent), also quadragesima (1604), quadragesimal (1629), etc.) —1664 Dunkeld Presb. II 179.
[Signed on the] quadracesie [of November and December, 1664]
