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Quotation dates: 1606
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Tenorall, adj. [Ten(n)o(u)r(e n.] Arranged, laid down, according to procedure. — 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xvi.
Let vs … look what light of exemplare lawes in buriall hes beene borne before … first, as in the word, there is nothing more frequent nor buriall exemple, in all the which there is a tenorall processe … euery-where obserued, that they are not onely injurious that count it without scripturall direction [etc.]
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