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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1666-1674
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Undependant, n. [Var. of 17th c. Eng. Independent (1644).] An adherent of Independency, an Independent minister. — 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 415.
Mr. Hery Gee was regiment minister, a presbiterian who succeeded Gosle, an Undependant who came first here 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 418.
Those tampering chaplaines of his, Manton, Caril [etc.] Undependants, run away … that non could be found to pray God have mercy upon him
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