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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1598
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Cardinal(e, -all, n. Also: cardynal(e, -all, card(i)enall, cardinell, -enelle. [ME. and late OE. cardinal (ME. cardynal, etc.), OF. cardinal, L. cardinālis.] A cardinal. c1420 Wynt. vi. 1493.
The Cardynalys … hym decleryd unworthy Till hawe halowyd sepulture c1420 Ib. vii. 2221.
Stewyn off Langtowne … Cardynale 1456 Hay I. 25/2.
The gude pape Pascale … with all his cardinalis 1456 Ib. 28/19.
The rede hat of cardynale c1450-2 Howlat 121.
I sall call my cardinallis and my counsall c1450-2 Ib. 161.
A college of cardinalis a1500 Henr. Orph. 338.
Thair saw he mony paip and cardynall, In haly kirk quhilk did abusioun c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxvi. 50.
Svm vnworthy to browk ane stall Wald clym to be ane cardinall 1541 Treasurer's Accounts VIII. 31.
To ane servand of the Cardynallis quhilk brocht writtingis to the Kingis grace furth of France 1545 Douglas Corr. 154.
Ther is vraytingis cummit to the Queyne, Guvernour, and Cardenelle 1546 Lynd. Trag. Card. Prol. 40.
I am Dauid, that cairfull Cardinall, … That umquhyle had so gret preeminens c1568 Lauder Minor P. i. 318.
For Papis precellit the Kings in dignytie, And Cardinals wes companyeonis to our Kings a1578 Pitsc. I. 407/21.
Ane through of papir quhair the cardenall wrait that plesit him 1596 Dalr. II. 291/10.
The slauchter and blode of the Cardinal and preistes 1598 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 223.
Sum gros reid clayth to be the weid of ane paip and his cardinells to serve the playattrib. 1456 Hay I. 28/22.
The blude of the pure warld, that thai lytt thair rede cardinale hattis with
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