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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Manducatio(u)n, -acio(u)n, n. [e.m.E. (1551) and F. manducation, L. mandūcātio.] The action of chewing or eating; chiefly in the theological use as applied to the act of participation in the Eucharist. — 1490 Irland Mir. 245 b.
Eftir that thar is the visible manducacioun and bibicioun of the body and precius blud of Jhesu
1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 167.
St. Augustine … makis mentioun baith of spirituale and reale manducatioun of the samyn
1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 52. 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 44.
And doing this there cannot but followe a fruitfull manducation

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