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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1535-1549
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Elevatioun, -ione, n. [ME. elevacioun (Chaucer), e.m.E. -acyon, -ation, L. ēlēvātio.] a. The lifting up of the Host. b. Elevation of a heavenly body. — c1420 Wynt. v. 1263 (W).
Quhen the chesabill is vplaid Befor the eleuatioun [R. leuatyowne] — 1535 Stewart 2987.
To consider … the eleuatioun of the poll … With astrologe and vther instrument 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 47/12.
It sal declair the mouyng, eleuatione, and declinatione of the sone, mune, and of the sternis 1549 Ib. 14.
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