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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Articule, n. Also: artycule. [ME. articule (14th c.), artycul, L. articulus.] = Article n.(a) 1409 Exch. R. IV. p. ccxii (all poyntis, articulis, and condiciounis). 1469 Acts II. 97/2 (all vthir articulis spedful). 1500 Edinb. B. Rec. 82 (thir statutis, articulis, and rewlis). 1553 Treas. Acc. X. 191 (articulis in the treté of peax). 1562-3 Winȝet I. 2/7 (artyculis tweching doctrine, ordour, and maneris).(b) 1490 Irland Mir. I. 165/2 (in the creid and articulis of it). c1500-c1512 Dunb. ix. 57 (the articulis of trewth). 1533 Gau 26/14 (the gretast articulis of our faith). 1598 Elgin Rec. II. 64 (the articulis of his beleiff).