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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1620

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Seance, n. [F. séance (a1253 in Larousse).] The right of a ‘seat’ or place in an official assembly. —1620 Montgomery Mem. II 285.
The said Erle of Eglintoun … granting … that the said Erle of Montrois … should haiff the precedence plaice and seance befoir him and his airis … in all parliaments and other generall conventiouns or metings

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