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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1604, 1658-1698
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Mansioun hous, n. Also: mansion house, mantioune hows. [e.m.E. mansion house (1533).] An ecclesiastic's manse. = Mansioun n. 2 b, Mans(e n. 2. — 1604 Boyd Fam. P. No. 92 (16 Jan.).
Mans and mansioun hous stable and byre … and ane kill and ane ȝaird being the auld mans of the said parochin (1596) 1658 Rothesay B. Rec. 1019.
To buy … for their ministers better accomodation … ane sufficient mansion house and yeard 1667–8 Glasgow B. Rec. III. 493.
The mantioune hows of Pravane 1698 Ib. IV. 258.
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