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1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. xxiv. f. 254 When I confuted their errour, whiche thing that the generalnesse of the promises extendeth egally to all mankinde.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. vi. sig. E1 They had with a generall consent (rather springing by the generalnes of the cause..) set themselues in armes.

1639 W. Laud Relation Conf. Lawd & Fisher 216 But sure 'tis necessary to the Generalnesse of a Councell, that some be there, and authorized for all Particular Churches.

1683 W. Clagett Answer Dissenters Object. 5 They who Object the Generalness of our Confessions against us.

1740 J. Phelps Vindic. Revealed Relig. 46 It is by no Means to be inferr'd from the Brevity and Generalness of this first Revelation.

1852 Musical Times Oct. 70/2 The objections [sic] to the plan..is its exclusiveness, the absoluteness of the power vested in the committee; a fact which completely destroys the generalness of its character.

1894 Temple Bar 101 13 Here is a generality in no degree inferior in generalness to his.

1937 Educ. Res. Bull. 16 163 No small factor in the slow acceptance of the newer viewpoints is the vague generalness of their expression in terms of classroom practice.

1965 Art Jrnl. 25 149/2 Gentleness and unforced natural generalness of representation are as important to the neoclassic painter as the logic of his structure.

1998 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 24 Aug. e6 The audience may see something in the generalness of it that reflects on themselves.