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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1632-1670
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Scandalizer, -ar, n. [17th c. Eng. scandalizer (1680), f. Scandaliz(e,v.] One who scandalises, in sense 3 of Scandaliz(e,v.— 1632 Lithgow Trav. ix 1409.
A damnable scandalizer of the Church 1670 Kingarth Par. Rec. 58.
This he confest he had said becaus he heard it and therfor he was repute to be the scandalizar sinc [sic] he made it publick
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