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(Reconsalling,) vbl. n. Also: reconseill-, -ceill-, -ceal-; -sol-. [Reconsal(l v.] The action of reconciling, in the various senses of Reconsal(l v. — 1562 Inverness Rec. I 95.
He … gaif him iniourious wordis for reconsoling of him and bidding of him to mak na onsatt … within the burgh lykeas he was purpos to do 1608–9 Ayr B. Acc. 241.
The reconceilling of the nychtbouris of the toun at variance 1609 Dunferm. B. Rec. II 71. 1631 Justiciary Cases I 196.
For reconseilling of ony apparent contrarietie 1649 Review Bramble's Faire Warning 6.
The Canterburian designe of reconcealing the Protestant churches not among themselves, but with the Church of Rome