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Sacrament-hous(e, n. [Sacrament n. 2 b and Hous n.1 2 b.] A tabernacle for the host. — 1549 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II 196.
iiij greit knoppis of gold and silk vith thair gret corddis of grene silk at hang at the sacrament hous 1551 Inscr. in Deskford Old Ch., Banffs.
This present loueable vark of sacrament hous 1559 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I xc.
The covering of the sacrament house, … ane antipend for the sacrament house
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