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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1672
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(Pre-,) Præpositio(u)n(e, n.2 [L. præpositiōn- placing over, appointing to command. Cf. Prepositio(u)n(en.1, also Prepositor n.] (One's) powers or duties as Institor deputed by a prepositor. — 1672 M.P. Brown Suppl. Decis. II 615.
And the subject matter of the bond was what fell under her praeposition
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