Meanings
comparative more disterminate · superlative most disterminate
- obsoleteseparated, divided
[…] there is one and the same Church of Christ, however far disterminate in places, however segregated and infinitely severalized in persons, however differing in rites and circumstances of worship, however squaring in by-opinion.
1624, Bishop Joseph Hall, “Introductory”, in The Peace-Maker, section 3: "On the Fundamental Points of Religion"; republished in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God Joseph Hall, D.D., volume 8, London: C. Whittingham, 1808, page 49
Origin
- Latindisterminātus
- Englishdisterminate
Borrowed from Latin disterminātus, perfect passive participle of disterminō (“to divide, separate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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