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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1638-1675
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Silenced, Silensed, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. silenced (1606); Silence v. 2.] Forbidden to preach, deprived of an ecclesiastical charge. — 1638 Hamilton P. (Camden Soc.) 1.
The silensed ministers ?c1675 J. Gordon Hist. I 22.
They should presently restore unto ther pulpitts Mr. Andrew Ramsey and Mr. Hary Rollocke, the two silenced ministers
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