Sc. Obs. rare. In 6 -tioun(e. [ad. L. exercitiōn-em, n. of action f. exercēre: see EXERCE.]

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  a.  Exercise, whether bodily or mental. b. Military exercise, drill. c. Enforcement (of law).

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1525.  Sc. Acts Jas. V. (1816), 295. Þe hail lordis referris the exercitioune of the Kingis maist noble persoune to the discrecioune of the Lordis being with him for þe tyme.

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1528.  Lyndesay, Dream, 874. Quhy want we lawis Exersitioun?

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1536.  Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), I. p. xxiv. Corporall exercitioun of the handis.

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1540.  Sc. Acts Jas. V. (1814), 363. That exercitioune may be had throwout all þe realme amangis all our souirane lordis liegis for exercing of þare personis in ordoure.

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1552.  Abp. Hamilton, Catech. (1884), 16. Tha war ordanit also for our … spiritual exercitioun.

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