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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1444-1445, 1509-1550
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Requiem, n. [ME (Manning) and e.m.E., L. requiem, acc. of requiēs rest (the first word of the Introit in the Mass for the Dead).] Only in mes (seruice) of the requiem, a mass for the repose of the souls of the dead. —1444–5 Peebles Chart. 11.
Say … on the morn mes of the requiem 1509 Liber Coll. Glasg. 209.
To saye Exequias Mortuorum witht mes of the requiem c1550 Lynd. Test. Meldrum 160.
I will na seruice of the requiem
