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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Questorship, n. [e.m.E. questorship (1570); cf. Questorien. and Questor n. b.] The duty of administering funds (here, parish funds for poor-relief). — 1669 Cramond Ch. Fordyce 47.
John Lorimer & Walter Stewart continued in their office of questorship
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