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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Stated, Staited, ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. stated; State v.] Set down, formulated; declared; avowed; actual. b. specif. Of a meeting: Fixed, arranged in advance, set. 1660 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 698.
Show to our brethren, that the Lord Christ, in your persons, hath a stated question betwixt Him and the powers on earth 1669 Jus Populi 21.
Thinketh to bottome his falsely stated question 1669 Jus Populi 131.
One who … would persist in a stated opposition to Christ and his cause 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 424.
You that are run away from under Christ's colours, and are joined with his avowed stated enemies 1687 Shields Hind Let Loose (1687) 411.
We are by this obliged … to bring these stated enemies to God and the country to condign punishment 1690 Shields Enquiry Ch. Communion 59.
They called us schismaticks and we called them such … but neither they nor we would take with the charge or confess it, as indeed neither of us could be charged formally with a stated schismb. 1714 Highland P. III 61.
Others who keep their staited meetings every Lords day in a most publik manner without the least disturbance