Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1723, 1844-1889
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†REPOSITION, n. The restoration of a person to an office or to rights from which he has been deposed, esp. of a clergyman; reinstatement, reestablishment, reenactment. Cf. Repone.Sc. 1723 R. Wodrow Corresp. (1843) I II. 50:
The Commision-book was disapproven in the matter of Mr. Russell's reposition.Sc. 1844 J. MacFarlane John Campbell II. 35:
The conscientious friends of such a church were shut up to the reposition of their act.Sc. 1889 Stevenson M. of Ballantrae X.:
The Favour of such a Reposition [to the possession of an estate] is too extreme to be passed over.
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