A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1473
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Diffinitour, n. [med. L. diffinitor.] A definitor of a monastic order. — 1473 Liber Coll. Glasg. 186.
The diffinitouris of the cheptour generall of the samyn ordir [of prechouris] 1473 Ib.
We, wecar generall and diffinitouris
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Diffinitour n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/diffinitour>


