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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1562-1568
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Godly, adv. [e.m.E. (1530).] In a godly fashion. — 1562-3 Winȝet I. 116/24.
Denyand … the Father, the Sone, and the Haly Gaist to be callit godly and dewly thre persones c1568 Lauder Minor P. i. 154.
All thay … That godlie will in to Christ Iesus leue
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