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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1562-1563
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Papa. (L. pāpa, Gk. πάπας, father, as applied to bishops and latterly the Bishop of Rome, Pape n.; also e.m.E. (1559).) — 1562-3 Winȝet I. 59/17.
The successour of Petir, now commonlie callit Papa
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