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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Flagellatioun, -acoun, n. [ME. flagellacion (1426), L. flagellātio.] Scourging. (In quots. fig.) — c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 25/28.
All truble, flagellacoun and castigacioun … that God sendis on thé c1552 Lynd. Mon. 48.
His thrynfald wande of flagellatioun, Hes scurgit this pure realme of Scotland
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