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Church Times

The Church Times (1869–).
The 295th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 1416 quotations (about 0.04% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations1416Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word26Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning82Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
Baptistic= baptist n. 3b.1884Go To Quotation
bircherOne who administers a birch-rod; a flogger.1888Go To Quotation
breadnessIn discussions on Transubstantiation: The quality of being bread, bread-quality, ‘breadiness’.1866Go To Quotation
cassockTo dress in a cassock.1883Go To Quotation
chalcotript= chalcotribe n.1882Go To Quotation
civicizetrans. To make civic or urban.1888Go To Quotation
ColinderiesA half-jocular name for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition held in London in 1886.1886Go To Quotation
confirmandA candidate for confirmation.1884Go To Quotation
decarnateDivested of incarnation, no longer incarnate.1886Go To Quotation
devotionerA member of a guild of devotion; a devotionary.1883Go To Quotation
dignitarialOf or belonging to a dignitary.1885Go To Quotation
ectenicEpithet applied to the phenomena, otherwise called ‘mesmeric’ or hypnotic, considered…1882Go To Quotation
in-Godtrans. To deify, make divine; to take into God or into the godhead.1891Go To Quotation
inidoneityWant of fitness; unfitness.1894Go To Quotation
lanternistOne who uses a magic lantern.1880Go To Quotation
liturgiologistOne who is skilled in liturgiology.1866Go To Quotation
lootableThat may be looted or taken as loot.1885Go To Quotation
opsimathA person who begins to learn or study late in life.1883Go To Quotation
sabotageThe malicious damaging or destruction of an employer's property by workmen during a strike…1910Go To Quotation
self-repressionRepression of oneself, one's desires, opinions, etc.1866Go To Quotation
sermuncleA sermonette.1886Go To Quotation
spikeAn Anglican who advocates or practises Anglo-Catholic ritual and observances.1902Go To Quotation
StabexA scheme operated by the European Community guaranteeing developing countries in…1975Go To Quotation
undecimanConnected with eleven o'clock.1883Go To Quotation
unlettable(un- prefix 7b)1882Go To Quotation
virtualismThe Calvinistic doctrine of Christ's virtual presence in the Eucharist.1883Go To Quotation

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