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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Sequestrat(e, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. sequestrate (1482), L. sequestrat- (Sequestrat(e v.).]
1. In senses 1 a and b of Sequestrat(e v., separated, set aside.(1) 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 281.
We will tell you your errand (for we are in a sequestrate case at present) it is, to wait upon the Lord 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 282.
Ere we came here we were kept in a sequestrate case, so that we could get little or nothing from his hand(2) 1615 S. Leith Rec. 13/1.
Johne Ochiltree his intromissions with the sequestrate money of the repairinge unlawes and legasies frome the 29 of Decr. to this present day … extends to thrie hundred two pounds aughteen
2. a. Separated, cut off. b. Separated politically, independent. c. Set apart, secluded.a. 1632 Lithgow Trav. v 194.
Mount Libanus is sequestrate from the circum-iacent regionsb. 1632 Lithgow Trav. i 25.
The other sequestrate Tuscan iurisdiction is the little comonwealth of Luca 1632 Lithgow Trav. i 39.
This sequestrat citty [sc. Venice]c. 1632 Lithgow Trav. vi 297.
Their dwellings being in sequestrate dennes 1632 Lithgow Trav. viii 352.
[They] made merry with vs in … the best cheare their sequestrate cottage could afford
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