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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1533
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Luster, n.2 [ME. (Trevisa), L. lūstrum Lustrum.] The period of five years between the ‘lustrums’ or purificatory sacrifices or lustrations made by the Roman censors following each of the quinquennial censuses. — 1513 Doug. i. v. 94.
Eftyr mony lustris and yeris ourslydyn is 1533 Bell. Livy II. 195/19.
Within this luster Rome was tane be the Gawlis
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