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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Salariat, p.p. [e.m.E. salariate v. (a1687), salariated p.p. and ppl. adj. (1656), L. salārium Sallerie n.] Employed on a salary. —1680 Fountainhall Decis. I 90.
Physicians … who were salariat to attend the army