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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Teindma(i)ster, n. Also: teyndma(i)ster, teynds master. [Te(i)nd n. 3 and Maister n.] A person who has the right to tithes.1630 Banff Ann. II 28.
Teindmaister a1633 Hope Major Pract. I 222.
The owners of cornes … may requyre the teynds master … to teynd the saids cornes 1637 Cramond Ch. Cullen 165.
Anent the intaking of cornes … but licence of the teyndmaister 1642 Cramond Ch. Alves 10.
The Erle of Murray and the rest of the teindmasters 1660 Sc. Hist. Rev. XI 184.
The gentry who he heard were daylie oppressed by the teyndmasters & lords of the erections 1681 Stair Inst. iv xxiv § 4.
Teind-masters are those who have right to teinds
