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Quotation dates: 1554
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Prenominat, adj. [e.m.E. -ate (1513), L. prænōmināt-us p.p.: cf. Nominat.] Before named, above named. — 1554 Misc. Bann. C. III 72.
And as to the … successioun of … the said Lord Erile … we prenominat aboue expressit [L. nos prenominati superius expressati] … hes socht furth … scriptouris autentik … be the quhilkis [etc.]
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