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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1683

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Quest, n.3 Only in master of the quests, ? put for master of requestis, see Request n. 4. —1683 Martine Reliq. Divi Andreae 230.
This bishop is called Papae referendarius … In some things this office was like the master of the quests, and in others near the office of chancellor

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