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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1456, 1544, 1610
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Ournement, Orne-, Ornyment, n. [Early ME. urnement (Ancr. R.), urnment (14th c.), ournement (Wyclif), ornement (14th c.), OF. ournement, ornement.] = Ornament n. 1456 Hay I. 14/15.
[He] gave him … the dyademe and all the lave of the ournementis of the Emperour 1544 Murray Early Burgh Organisation I. 373.
The ornyments of our altar 1610 Misc. Hist. Soc. II. 204.
Bereft of … hir clothes ornements and jeuels
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