A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Paritie, n. Also: pairetie. [e.m.E. parity (1572), L. paritās, F. parité (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).] Equality of rank or status, chiefly or only among the ministers of a church. — 1598 James VI Basil. Doron 77/2/4.
For mainteining thaire plottis, as paritie in the kirke, … paritie the mother of confusion & ennemie to unitie Ib. 79/9. Ib. 142/2.
The præposterouse humilitie of ane of oure puritane ministeris, claming to thaire pairetie & crying ue are all bot uyle uormis a1598 Rollock Lect. (1616) 343.
This homelines will not be with misnourturnesse and with an opinion of paritie
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Paritie n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 29 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/paritie>
