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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nomothetical(l, a. [e.m.E. nomotheticall (1619).] = Nomothetic(k,a. — 1637 Gillespie Eng. Pop. Ceremonies 123.
It includeth no such thing as a nomotheticall power, to prescribe … such sacred … ceremonies as he shall think good 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 576.
Though not in an authoritative and nomothetical, yet in a material and principal sense
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