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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rescrip(t, n. (e.m.E. rescript a decretal epistle from the Pope (1528), (later) any decision of the Pope, etc.) —1549 Hist. Pluscardyn 243.
[They] be vertew of ane rescript and commissione impetrat to thame be the said venerable fader 1630-1651 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 41.
The Pope … after he had … seen the rescrips of divers of his predicessors, he released the interdiction
