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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1507-1623
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Ceremony, n. Also: ceremone, -monie, ceri-, cerymony (cyry-); sere-, seramony, serymone, serimonie. [ME. cery-, ceri-, ceremony(e, -ie (Wyclif), also seri-, seremony, OF. ceri-, serimonie, L. cærimōnia.] A ceremony.(a) c1420 Wynt. iv. 569.
He wndyde al thare awld ceremonyis [W. cyry-, C. sery-] 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. lix.
Thay … makis poetis, … with mony gret cerimonyis 1531 Ib. 38.
He eikit certane new cerimonis c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5864.
Your superstitious ceremoneis, … sall stande ȝow in no stede 1562-3 Winȝet I. 83/5.
Mony of thai ceremones [v.r. -moneis] vseit be the Kirk of God 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 232.
Leue ȝour ceremonyis of ȝour awin fund gyis a1578 Pitsc. I. 196/21.
The king … gart set the samyn [croun] on his heid with sic cerimonies as he gart vse at that tyme(b) a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 309.
The seramonis of the ald testiament 1513 Doug. iii. iii. 58.
The serymoneis endit, … al I said As ȝe haue hard 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 7/32.
The seremons [sic] of his sacrefeis c1615 Chron. Kings 107.
The seremonyis of baptyme being enditt 1623 Melrose P. 542.
My maisteris direction wald mak me wse no serimonie to refuse repledging
