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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1563
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Susurration, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. susurracyoun (a1400) susurration (1502), L. susurrātiōn-, f. susurrāre.] A muttering or whispering. —1563 Ferg. Tracts 46.
They [sc. Roman Catholic priests] round and whisper their wordes, with a certane magical susurration, as if it were treason to speak them that the people might heare saying, ‘Hoc est enim corpus meum’
