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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1643-1663
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Sextilapse, Sextulapse, n. [L. sext- and lapse, as in quadrilapse, quintulapse, octolapse, etc.] A sixth lapse, a sixth occasion of sinning (in fornication). — 1643 Moray Synod; 67.
Guilty of a sextulapse in fornication 1652 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 213.
Jean Duncane, sextilapse in fornicatione 1659 Orkney Presb. in Reliq. Antiq. Sc. 19.
Ane extract of the old laird of Mains his faults — viz. sextulaps in fornication 1663 Cramond Ch. Speymouth 28.
Wm. Steuart … delated for quadrulapse and Janet Ritchie in Garmouth for her sextulapse and after excommunication for her quintulapse
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