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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1506, 1586-1587
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Pronuntioun, -nunssione, n. [A conflation of Pronunc(e)ing vbl. n. and Pronunciacio(u)ne n.] An official declaration or pronouncement. — 1506 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 693.
To ane reuerend fader in God, Andro, be the pronunssione of the samyn bischop of Cathnes & to all his successouris in likwis 1586–7 Montrose Baillie Ct. MS 7 March.
The iudgis … continuis the pronuntioun of thair interlocutour
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