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Term(e)-day, n. Also: tearm-day. [ME and e.m.E. term dai (Cursor M.), terme day (Chaucer).] = Term(e n. 1, the limit date by which something is done, a date appointed for some purpose. Also transf. or fig., a limit more generally. a1400 Leg. S. xxxiii 842.
Al thame … To duel with Hyme but terme day 1531–2 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 116.
Geif ony geir be spulyeit of the tenement fra this day furth it sal be terme day to Jok Achesone and his ayris one the morn 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 383.
Death makes term-day to the race a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 339.
Dead and mariag makis terme day [1641 tearm-day] a1658 Durham Clavis Cantici 130.
Christ … is never behind his time, he cannot mistryst a believer; his term-day is their necessity a1658 Durham Subtile Self 143.
There must be a submission to Gods term-day, and date of expiration 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 131.
I will set no term-day nor bounds unto Him