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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1637
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Singilness, n. [e.m.E. synglenes (1526) sincerity, straightforwardness; Singil(l adj. Not recorded in this sense in Eng. until 1805 (Wordsworth).] Singlemindedness. — 1637 Dumbarton B. Rec. 53.
Seiking with singilness of chois the advancement of thy glorie and the guid of thy peopill
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