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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Octoverat, n. [L. type *octovirāt-us as f. octo-vir a member of a council of eight men, on the pattern of triumvirate.] A council of eight: see Octavians n. pl. — a1634 Forbes Rec. 355.
About the ȝeir 1595 ane great … jealousie being secreitly fostered … against ane octoverat or eight privie counsellors then croppen in the full credit with his majestie of all his effaires
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