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MORMAOR, or MORMAER (from two Gaelic words mor,
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great, and maor, a steward or
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bailiff)  , a
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title used to designate the rulers of the seven provinces into which
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Celtic
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Scotland, i.e. the
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part of the
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country
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north of the Forth and the
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Clyde, was divided . These seven mormaorships, or
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original " earldoms " of Scotland, as they were afterwards called, were:
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Angus, Athole with
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MORMONS Gowry,
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Caithness with
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Sutherland,
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Fife,
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Mar with
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Buchan,
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Moray with
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Ross, and Stratherne with
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Menteith .

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