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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Archidiacon(e, n. [L. archidiaconus. Cf. Archedekin.] An archdeacon. 1421 Douglas Chart. 58.
Maister Ione Gray, archidiacone of Galoway 1484 Misc. Bann. C. II. 38.
Maister Archibald Qwitlawe, archidiacon of Loudon, Secretary 1596 Dalr. I. 260/10.
Diuinicus, Archidiacon thair, Cogan and Dunstan Abbotis
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