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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Occident, a. [Occident n., taken as adj.] Situated in the western part of the sky or of the earth, western, occidental.(1) 1513 Doug. vii. Prol. 25.
Mars occident, retrograde in his speir … regnyt as lord that ȝer c1552 Lynd. Mon. 150.
Quhen he [sc. Phebus] did declyne Towarte his occident palyce vespertyne(2) 1535 Stewart 97. Ib. 14822.
Ane abbay sumtyme of authoritie, In Iona yle within the occident se a1538 Abell 79 b.
He first inducit the occident pepill to pas to the wynnyng of the halie land 1562-3 Winȝet I. 126/12.
The Kirk of God … obseruing … abstinence … on Wodinsday generalie in the orient Kirk … maist commonly on the Saterday in the occident ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1961) 57.
Callit in his time King of the Occident Iles