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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1545-1591
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Regeneratio(u)n(e, -acion, n. [e.m.E. and ME regeneracioun (Wyclif), L. regenerātiōn-, f. regenerāre Regener v., Regenerate v. Cf. F. régénération (13th c. in Wartburg).] The process or fact of being born again in a spiritual sense. — a1546 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 19.
We affyrme baptym to be by the institucion of the Lorde, the lauer of regeneracion 1560 Confession of Faith in Acts II 527/2.
Deith … sall haue power … over all that … sal nocht be regenerat fra above quhilk regeneratioun is wrocht be the power of the halie gaist 1558-66 Knox I 304.
By the lavachre of spirituall regeneratioun 1581 Burne Disput. in 1573-1600 Cath. Tr. 167/21.
Regeneratione 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 39.
Regeneration
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