essoinern.
/ɛˈsɔɪnə/ One who essoins; one who offers an excuse for the absence of another.
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1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 111 b It behoues the essonzier to name his awin name, and the name of him that is essonzied.
1651 tr. J. Kitchin Jurisdictions 374 The Name of the Essoyner shall be put in.
1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 397 An Essoin de Service le Roy was challenged, for that the Essoiner was under age.
1889 Universal Rev. Nov. 436 In the High Court of Night Be thou essoiner for us unto Death.
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