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Untroddenness, n. [17th c. Eng. vntrodenesse (1644).] The condition of not having been trodden or traversed. Only in fig. context. — 1669 Fleming Fulfilling Scripture 249.
The untroddenness of this path, the weight … of the truths, with some study … to believe what I wrote
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