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(Sattillit,) Sattel(l)it, Settillit, ppl. adj. Also: sat(t)lit, set(t)lit; satl(e)d, -id, -at; satteled; sattilt; settlid, set(t)led, setlaid. [e.m.E. setled (1556), settled (1568); Sattil(l v.]

1. Fixed permanently in place or position. 1483 E. Loth. Antiq. Soc. II 105.
That all … friemen of the said craft … resident out with this burgh repair to the samen and thair mak thair satled dwellingis and abodes 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 184.
Donald Dow was minister … and … lived in Finask, there being no setled mans at Kirkhill

2. Of a mental state, etc.: Decided; fixed, determined; firmly adhered to. Also transf., of a person, const. in (a state of belief).(a) 1622-6 Bisset I 111/2.
With grave and sattellit judgement 1626 Garden Worthies 77.
A … man … Whose judgment sound, sure satl'd, sharpe, & sage 1631 Red Bk. Menteith II 129.
Quhen I haif callit my mynd to ane satlit posture(b) 1581-1623 James VI Poems II 149/37.
It uas my settlid mynde That [etc.] 1624 Crim. Trials III 572.
With ane settillit purpois … to bareiff him of his lyffetransf. 1600-1610 Melvill 461.
Whow could he … think that anie sattlit man in the treuthe could … be moved to alter his judgment?

3. Of an arrangement, state of affairs, course of action, etc.: Fixed, established or regulated; characterized by stability or permanence, in senses 5, 9 and 10 of Sattil(l v.(a) 1590 Conv. Burghs I 335.
Sic satlid ordour as the saidis craveris of reformation may lesumlye vse 1599 Murray Lyon Hist. Lodge Edinb. 14.
Satlat 1600 Reg. Privy C. VI 154.
Quhill the said cuntrie … may be brocht to ane satlit and peceable estait 1605 Ib. VII 713.
[That they might be compelled to betake themselves to some] lauchfull and sattelit trade 1607 Acts IV 374/1.
That thair shall be ane satlit forme of the best and maist commoun and approvin grammer … collectit establischit and prentit c1610 Melville Mem. 203.
Bot … many bludy battailes wilbe fochten first or it tak an satteled effect 1615 Denmylne MSS in Highland P. III 257.
[They] sould … haif … haldin these landis vnder a perfyte and satled obedience 1625 Edinb. Test. LIII 173b.
I … willing to put my warldlie effairis & bissines to sum satlit ordour 1626 Edinb. B. Rec. VI 301.
That sum satlit course sould be taiken for instructing the people in wearfair 1636 Boharm Kirk S. 24 April.
That no servinge person be harboured within the paroche that tack not themself to satled service with ane master(b) 1590 Conv. Burghs I 333.
Gif it war found … that the saidis … counsall had transgressit the said auld constitutiounis and setlaid forme of gouernement 1601 Melvill 493.
Sall the Kirk of Jesus Chryst be les regardit … in a setlit and constitut esteat 1605 Glasgow Chart. I i dcviii.
All policie and cair of the liberteis of this burgh hes bene … neglectit, … for the want of ane soleid and setlit ordour amongis thame selfis 1606 Melvill 628.
A most Chrystiane king, liveing our kirk and realme in a settlit religioune and policie 1612 Denmylne MSS in Highland P. III 123.
The laird of Lundy … hes vndirtane … to bring the same to some setled perfectioun 1629 Aberd. Council Lett. I 305.
If it pleas God to send a setled peace 1645 Old Ross-shire II 13.

b. Of an institution: Established on a permanent footing. c1650 Spalding I 97.
Seing sic contrair opinionis amonges the clergie within a reformed satled kirk

4. Of a Presbyterian minister: Established in an office or charge.(a) 1562-92 Wode's Psalter (ed.) 165.
Maister Gudman … wes the first satlit minister in Sanctandrous 1613 Cramond Ch. Aberdour 11.
Ane supplication … anent the provyding of that kirk with ane sattilt minister(b) 1689 Cramond Kirk S. III 6 Dec.
Through the want of a settled minister the people have been deprived of preaching

5. Of an office, income, institution, etc.: Guaranteed to the holder; settled, established in senses 8 a and 9 b of Sattil(l v. 1634 Cramond Ch. Rathven 13.
Becaus ther is not a satled provisioune for his maintenance, the minister and elders ar ordeined to stent the paroch 1650 Brechin Presb. 30.
Mr. Willm. Lighton had a schole at Dun, but not a satled provision 1665 Lanark Presb. 105.
The moderator did ask … if they had a setled schooll, they ansred they ever had one till now, which the school master hes deserted becaus he had no settled benefice