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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1530, 1590
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Hospitallar, -er, Hospittalar, n. [e.m.E. and ME. hospitaler. hospiteler (c 1330), OF. hospitalier, med.L. hospitalarius.] = Hospitular n. b. — 1530 Reg. Soltre 99.
Tuenty sevin pundis … to be distribut amangis the hospittalaris of the same [hospital of the Holy Trinity] 1590 Reg. Privy C. IV. 502.
The collector, bedesmen, and hospitallers of Sanct Marie Magdalen [in Edinburgh]
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