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Sinfulnes, n. [Late ME synfullnes, synfulnesse (15th c.), e.m.E. sinfulnes (1653); Sinful(l adj.] The state of being sinful; wickedness, iniquity. — 1567 G. Ball. 127.
Quhen gaine is my greit sinfulnes 1648 Sc. N. & Q. XII 74.
The faist … concerning the renewing of the Covenant and League and the sinfulnes of the time
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