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Responsio(u)n(e, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. responsion a sum falling to be paid; esp. an annual payment which was required from knights of the military orders (c1470), a reply.] a. A payment due. b. = Respondé n. 1. c. An answer from a deity. = Respons n. 2. —a. 1480 Acta Conc. I 50/2.
Vmfra … sall … releif Trestrame … of the soume of vjxx a pund of the responsioune of the said Trestramys landis aucht to our souuerain lorde —b. 1494 Acta Conc. I 337/2.
Arthure Lord Forbes deit last westit and sesit of the said barony and landis as wes preffit be the copy of the buk of responsioune —c. 1513 Doug. vii i 129.
The king … gan inquiryng responsions [Ruddim. responsiouns] alssua In the schaw vndre hie Albunea
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