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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1453
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Chapellany, n. Also: chaplany. [F. chapellenie, earlier chapelainie, med. L. capellania.] = Chapellanry,n. — c1420 Wynt. viii. 1516.
Scho fwndyt in Glasgw twa chapellanyis 1453 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 20.
The feft chaplanys that beis absent … sal tyne atour thair chaplanijs
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