A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1558-1575, 1677
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Reprehensio(u)n(e, n. [ME and e.m.E. reprehencion (Chaucer), -sion (Caxton), L. reprehensiōn-, n. f. reprehendere Reprehend v., obs. F. répréhension (12th c. in OED).] a. Blame, censure, reproof. b. A (written or spoken) instance of this. —a. a1561 Norvell Meroure 9a.
The promesse infallable Of Christ … To saue them all from reprehensione 1561 Q. Kennedy Compendious Ressonyng (ed.) 166/16.
And we … commandis ȝou to hald and teche the samyn to all men without reprehensioun 1558-66 Knox II 362.
The preacheouris war wonderous vehement in reprehensioun of all maner of vice —b. 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 201.
Thair wer certane reprehensionis sett vp in diverse places in Edinburgh vpoun Johne Knox, … and requyrit him to pray for the quene 1677 Dunblane Synod 126.
The bishop enquyred … if that they knew any fault worthie of a reprehension in the brethren of Ochterardor
