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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1531-1570
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Deploratioun, -acion, n. [Late ME. deploracyon (1490), L. dēplōrātio.] Lamentation. (Const. of.) — 1531 Bell. Boece I. 253.
In deploratioun of this calamite 1533 Id. Livy I. 10/20.
The deploracion of sic miserijs 1537 Lynd. Depl. Magd. (title).
The deploratioun of the deith of Quene Magdalene 1570 Satirical Poems xiii. (title).
The deploratioun of the cruell murther of James, Erle of Murray
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