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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Contentioun(e, -tencioun(e, n. Also: -tion(e. [ME. contencioun (Wyclif), -cion, etc., OF. contention, L. contentio.] Contention, strife. 1490 Irland Mir. I. 108/9.
Thar was gret discord and contencioune amang thir … counsalouris, anens the myster of the incarnacioune 1489 Acta Aud. 125/1.
The said abbacy wes in contentioune betuix the saidis partiis 1533 Bell. Livy I. 123/26.
Sone eftir the princes … returnit fra thare insolent and barnelie contencioun to the campe 1562-3 Winȝet I. 67/30.
Requiring ȝour ansuer … synceirlie without sophistical contentioun of wordis 1596 Dalr. II. 58/24.
Sum now … sew sum causes of contentioun betuene the Chanceller and the Gonernour
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