Meanings
plural seductours
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of seductor.
[…] anon he gat certeyn of the Iuwes / whiche dyd repyne & ſpeake agaynſt the doctryne of ye Apoſtels accuſing them to be ſeductours & deceyuers, […]
1534 June 15, [Joachim Vadian; William Turner, transl.], A Worke Entytled of yᵉ Olde God & the Newe of the Olde Faythe & the Newe, of the Olde Doctryne and yᵉ Newe / or Orygynall Begynnynge of Idolatrye, London: […] Iohan Byddell, […] [for William Marshall]2 more examples
For they ſhall reporte him to be a glotton, a wynebybber, a frende of Publicãs & ſinners, one that caſteth out diuelles by yᵉ helpe of Beelzebull prynce of the dyuels, a Samaritane, one poſſeſſed withe a diuell, one all togyther ſet a maddinge, a ſeductour and deceyuer of the people, […]
[1541?], Theodore Basille [pen name; Thomas Beccon], Newes out of Heauen Both Pleasaunt & Ioyfull, Lately Set Forth to the Great Cõsolacion & Cõforte of All Christen Mẽ, London: [J. Mayler for J. Gough?][…] if Paſtours turne Impoſtours, if Doctours Seductours, if Prelates Pilates, if Miniſters of Chriſt ſervants of Antichriſt, either by ſilence to give way, or by ſmoothing Romiſh tenets to make way for Popery; […]
1636, Daniel Featley, Clavis Mystica: A Key Opening Divers Difficult and Mysterious Texts of Holy Scripture; Handled in Seventy Sermons, Preached at Solemn and Most Celebrious Assemblies, upon Speciall Occasions, in England and France, London: […] R[obert] Y[oung] for Nicolas Bourne, […], page 121
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