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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1556-1565
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Sacrifice(a)r, n. [e.m.E. sacrifycer (1547), sacrificer (?1548); Sacrifice n. or v.] One who offers up a sacrifice; the celebrant of the Eucharist. — 1556 Knox IV 197.
As for the wordes of the Lordes Supper we rehearce theym not bicawse [etc.] … or that the repeticion therof with the intent of the sacrificer [v.r. (Q. Kennedy Oratioune) sacrificear] should make the sacrament 1562-3 Winȝet I 90/24.
Quhy teche ȝe … in ȝour Catechis that the wordis of sanctificatioun … ar nocht to be pronunceit to the end, that thair suld be ony transubstantiatioun thairby, or be the intent of the sacrificear [MS sacrefiar] 1565 Gathering of the Halie Signes 19.
Corporals of fine linning to lay down the consecratit hostis: … aubis & vthers vestimentis to the sacrificers for thair sacrificis
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