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Quotation dates: 1420
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Prest(e)had(e, n. [OE préosthád: cf. ME presthod(e (c 1380–90), preesthood, etc., and Prest(e)hed(e n.] Priesthood, the office of a priest. — c1420 Wynt. ii 641.
Off Sem hys brodyre come presthade [W. preistheid] And off this Japhet come knychthade c1420 Ib. v 2559.
He wes till presthad [C. prestheide, W. preistheid] wnworthy c1420 Ib. 3722.
Presthad [C. prestheide, W. bischopis]
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