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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1556, 1641
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Chapellre, Chappelrie, n. [f. Chapell n., perh. after OF. chapelerie.] A chaplaincy; a district attached to a chapel. — 1556 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 59.
Item, for my awin fie and my chapellres 1641 Acts V. (1817) 562/2.
Landes … lyand within the foirsaid mother parochine of Falkirke & chappelrie & pendicle of Dennie
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