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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Under-maister,) Undir-maister, -maistir, n. [ME and e.m.E. undirmaister, undurmaistir (both Purvey), under maister (1561); Maister n. 16 a.] In fig. context: A subordinate teacher or instructor. Only in Nisbet, after Purvey. —c1520-c1535 Nisbet 1 Cor. iv 15.
For quhy gif ye haue ten thousand of vndir maisteris [W. litle maistris, P. vndur maistris; L. pædagogorum] in Crist, but nocht mony fadris; for in Crist Jesu I haue generit you be the gospell c1520-c1535 Nisbet Gallath. iii 24, 25.
And sa the law was our vndirmaistir in Crist, that we be iustifijt of faith. Bot eftire that beleue com, we ar nocht now vndir the vndirmaistir
