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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Straited, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. strayted (1581), straited (1642); Strait v.] Afflicted, oppressed. — a1658 Durham Comm. Rev. 726.
If the vials … succeed that shut-up and straited condition of the Church then must they be contemporary with that enlargement set out by the palm-bearing congregation
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