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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Stinted, Stynted, Stented, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. stynted (a1513), stinted (c1550); Stint v.] Fixed by authority or decree; appointed; set. — 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 490.
The New Covenant seeketh not heap-mete, nor stented obedience, as the condition of it because forgiveness hath always place 1638 Reasons For Which the Service Booke Ought to be Refused.
If any one stinted liturgie had beene … need full, no doubt but Christ would have set one downe to us 1652 Dumfries Kirk S. 4 Nov.
Performance of his intended mareage with the partie according to the stynted tyme prescryved by acts of sessione 1671 J. Livingstone in Sel. Biog. I 234.
The Lord was pleased to lead me to an aversion from prelacy, a stinted liturgie [etc.]