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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1537-1538
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(Relegate,) Religait, p.p. [Cf. e.m.E. relegate n. = an exile (once, c1540), relegate v. to banish (1599), both f. L. relēgāt-, p.p. stem of relēgāre, f. re- and lēgāre to send.] Banished, exiled. — a1538 Abell 116a.
Tha at wes religait in Ingland come hame in Scotland
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