Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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CLEARNESS, n. Esp. in theological use: a conviction of Divine approval of one's actions.Sc. 1699–1707 T. Boston Memoirs (1853) 78, 185:
Which I find, contributes to my clearness as to the accepting of that call . . . That flood of fears hath since made that clearness like a wall of adamant. Sc. 1887 Stevenson Letters to Baxter (1956) 173:
I suppose (in good old Scots phrase) I shall “get a clearness” at last.
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