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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Para-,) Paropharnalis, n. pl. [e.m.E. parapharnelles (once, 1506), F. paraphernal sing. (1575 in Hatz.-Darm.), late L. paraphernāl-is.] = Paraphernalia. — 1544–5 Acts & Decr. II. 31.
The commoun law … permittis ane woman to dispone vpoun hir paropharnalis to quham scho pleisis