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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Pretext, adj. (Pretext (goun): in Bell. Livy repr. L. (toga) prætexta a toga bordered or edged with purple, the consular toga, p.p. of prætexere Pretex v.: cf. e.m.E. præ-, pretext n. (1598) id.) — 1533 Bell. Livy I 25/12.
Be exempill of thir Ethruschis the sadill currill and the pretext govne [L. toga praetexta] … war haldin in thai dayis in signe of honoure Ib. 224/28.
The ornamentis consulare, that is to say, the axis, the sadill curall, the pretext govne
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