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comarba

comarba, ~us, ~anus [Ir. comarba] 1 heir, successor: (Ir.) coarb, successor to abbot. b (Scot.) hereditary serf. c1182 Gregorii Olanan, ~i de Muoygarib Cal. Deeds Ormond I 2; 1427 [w. the assistance] Mauricii Okahan, comorbani S. Kanyci Reg. Armagh 78; 1435 commurbani Ib. 156; 1438 [by the death] Muriani Offarcallaich comurbani [et principalis] herenaci [of the lands of the nation of Muntyrfaceallaich] Ib. 180; 1672 hi tres dicuntur Hibernice comorbani, id est successores Lynch De Presulibus Hib. (Irish MSS Comm.) I 234.  b 1161 precipio ut ecclesia de Rostinoth [Restenneth, Angus] juste habeat omnes cumelagas et cumherbas et omnes fugitivos suos Regesta Scot. I 195 (cf. ib. p. 63); c1170 cumerbas (v. cumerlacha).

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