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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1570, 1678
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Lenocinium. (L., = pandering, procuring; in Scots law, connivance by one partner in a marriage at the adultery of the other, as the husband at that of the wife.) — 1570 Bk. Univ. Kirk I. 180.
The husband . . intendeth to be a patron to his wife's adultery and therethrow to committ lenocinium 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i. xvii. § 6.
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