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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1592
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Beneficit, Benefist(e, ppl. a. Also: beneficiit, -fyst, -fest. [Late ME. benyficed. OF. beneficié.] Provided with a benefice. c1420 Wynt. ix. 2977.
Nocht benefiste men, na prebendaris Off the kyrke c1420 Ib. 3213.
Tyl benefist men … Off that kyrk he did gret skaith 1466 Acts II. 85/2.
Gif lawborowis be brokin apon barownis, knichtis, sqwiaris, or grete beneficit clerkis 1489 Acts Lords Auditors 125/1.
The said Adam is a spirituale & beneficiit man c1515 Asloan MS I. 265/25.
This ȝere … [the] vicar generale of Sanctandrois put furth all Ynglismen beneficit within his diocy 1526 Reg. Privy S. I. 526/2.
Ane ȝeirlie pensioun of xl lib. … quhill he be beneficit of ane hundreth pund be ȝeir or abone 1551 Acts II. 485/1.
Ane barrone or beneficit man constitute in dignite ecclesiastick 1567 Ib. III. 37/2.
Ane persone beneficit being qualifiit sall preche him self at ane of his kirkis 1570 Leslie 270.
Bishoppis and utheris benefest men suld … preche be thame selfes 1592 Acts III. 573/1.
The beneficit man his takismen
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