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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1572-1630
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Temporar(ie, adj. [e.m.E. temporarie (1547-64), L. temporārius.] Temporary, not lasting. —(a) 1572 Bann. Memor. 239.
The abstinance is bot short and temporar —(b) 1602 Three Reformers 147.
Neither atheists, nullifidians, bare and idle hearers, nor temporarie beleevers 1630 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 251.
Guided no lesse by sudden and temporarie winds, then by the naturall course of the waters
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