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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1497-1506
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(Relevatioune,) Relevatione, -acione, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. relevacioun (c1400), -ion, L. relevātiōn-, n. of action f. relevāre Relev(e v.1] The action of relieving; relief, in senses 5 and 6 of Relefe n.2 — 1506 Orkney & Shetl. Rec. I 247. —
In the quhilkis relevatione of labouris I ordene discreit men 1497–8 Acts Lords of Council II 138.
Reservand to the sade Wilyeam his accioune of warandise or of relevacione agane ane venerable fader in God
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