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Quotation dates: 1640
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( Redarship,) Reddarshipp, n. [e.m.E. readership (1719).] The office of Reader ( Redar n.1 2) in the Reformed Church. — 1640 Dunferm. Kirk S. 7.
Considering my old age … to doe aine longer the calling of reddarshipp … by reason of the weakness of my voice
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