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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1583-1592
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Testatrix, n. [e.m.E. testatrix (1591), late L. testatrix.] A woman who makes a will. —1583 Edinburgh Testaments XII 157b.
Hir body to be bureit … thair to remane to the vniuersall resurrectioun quhilk the said testatrix … abydis 1592 Edinburgh Testaments XXIX 87.