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credensour (1379)
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credensour (1379)

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  FEW:  credere *2/ii,1200a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  croire (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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person bearing a letter of credence, written authority: 
( 1379 )  furent mandez diverses lettres de credence dessouz le Privé Seal, par certains chivalers […] pur faire chevance d’argent a l’oeps le Roi; […] et les ditz credensours […] escriverent les nouns […]  Rot Parl1 iii 62
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