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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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Septilapse, n. [L. septi-, f. septimus seventh, and lapsus n. a fall. Cf. Octolapse, Quadrilapse, etc.] A person guilty of a seventh lapse or occasion of sinning. —1649 Lothian and Tweeddale Synod 291.
Thomas Hog, septilapse in fornicatioun

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