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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1585
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Reductarie, adv. [f. reduct-, stem of Reductio(u)n(e n. Cf. 17th c. Eng. reductively by reduction, by inference (1631). But prob. an unetymological Latin formation.] By reduction (see Reductio(u)n(e n. 1. — 1585 in Calderwood IV 306.
How is the judgment of excommunicatioun, absolving from it reductarie, or annulling of it, come in their hands?
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