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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Over-r(e)uling, ppl. a. Also: over-reulinge, overuling. [e.m.E. ouerrulinge (1586); cf. Reuling ppl. a.] Controlling, governing, all-powerful; overruling elder, see ruling elder, Reuling ppl. a. —1657 Balfour Ann. II. 192.
Lade, the ouer-reulinge Bischope of London 1661 Stockholm New Year's Gift A 2.
To veu the pourfull overruling hand of the maiesty on high ?c1675 J. Gordon Hist. I. 169.
They … may bring upon this churche and ministrye ane heavy yocke of overuling elders
