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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Rede-frere,) Reid-frer(e, -freir, -frier, n. [Red(e adj. and Frer(e n.] Only Sc.: A member of the Order of the Temple; a templar. —1762 R. Forbes Jrnl. (1886) 178.]
[Dornock of old was a monastry of Red Friars a1538 Abell 81b.
[The Templars] at we call reid freris. First thai wsit quhit mantillis eftirwert thai bure ane reid cros Ib. 8*b.
Ordur of templaris or reid frerys beguth c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2590.
Quhow the reid freris, for thare idolatrye, In Scotland, Ingland, Spane, Italy, & France, Upone one day wer puneissit 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 140b.
Na templair [L. nullus templarius] (reid freir … ) sall intromet with any merchandise … perteining to the gilde 1627 Orkney Rentals iii 98.
The brughe of Birsay … is thought … to have belongit to the reid frieris
