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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1490, 1561
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Recordatioun, n. [ME and e.m.E. recordacioun (1398), OF recordation (1204 in Greimas), L. recordatiōn-.] a. Recollection, remembrance. b. A commemoration. —a. 1490 Irland Mir. MS fol. 334.
That he suld haue memore and recordatioun —b. 1561 Q. Kennedy Compendious Ressonyng (ed.) 164/1.
The lamb was offerit in sacrifice … in recordatioun of the benefice be the quhilk [etc.] 1561 Ib. 164/4.
The sacrifice of the croce was nocht ane recordatioun of ony benefice
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