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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1558, 1650
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Unrelevant, -d, adj. [Relevant adj., Relevand ppl. adj. or adj.] Irrelevant. = Irrelevant adj. — 1558 Admir. Ct. Bk. (St. S.) 76.
As to the lastis of the said allegeance the samyn suld be repellit as … unrelevand, nocht qualifiand that the pretendit noumer of Scottismen was principale salaris as capitane [etc.] 1650 Inverurie 313.
If they have bene aftener absent than ance or twysse, (the excuses always be found unrelevant), lett the censur still be heichened accordinglie
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