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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1567-1683
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Reprobat(e, n. [e.m.E. reprobate (1545), L. reprobāt-, p.p. stem: see Reprobat(e,v.] One rejected by God; one who has fallen away from grace or religion; a hardened sinner. — a1568 Scott i 108.
So reprobatis Christis buke dois rebute 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 150.
To be a reprobate, to be ane offcast, and never able to recover mercie 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. vi.
For if reprobates were by the Kirk knowne (as they are with God barred vp from hope) so might they justly be debarred from … Christian buriall 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1671) 140.
God hath obliged hard and fast all the reprobats of the visible Church to beleeve his promise 1683 Cramond Kirk S. II 5 Aug.
Quhairas Jean Allan … had often abused themselves, thair wives and familiies … in calling them warlocks and reprobates
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