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1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 496 The Psalmes..all were made at the first vpon some speciall occasion.

1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 52 Those who for som notable exploits..are at sundry times, and upon speciall occasions admitted thereunto [sc. as magistrates].

1735 M. Foster Exam. Scheme Church-power 127 Alterations in our Constitution..could be effected..by Councils held on Special Occasions.

1826 T. B. Macaulay Let. 26 July in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) I. iii. 143 He is not one of those show-talkers who reserve all their good things for special occasions.

1868 All Year Round 11 July 108/1 He visits the Barrack Room..on special occasions, as kit-inspection or muster-parade.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 74/2 The special occasion roll-call at Eton College is called ‘Absence’, which the boys attend in their tall hats.

1941 W. Abbot Handbk. Broadcasting (ed. 2) xxvi. 322 Staff writers prepare commercial continuity, talks, announcements, interviews, special-occasion scripts, original plays, adaptations, and often station publicity.

1949 Life 19 Sept. 173/1 He'd found the precious bottle in Mombasa two weeks before and had saved it for a special occasion.

1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Nov. 678/5 Instruction covers everything from the regular features of the dinner table to special-occasion items for the buffet or the hors-d'œuvre tray.

2000 T. May Victorian Railway Worker 17 The station-master was a man of some substance, especially at the larger stations, where he might possess a frock coat and silk hat for special occasions.

2011 Hoosier Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 27 Nov. (Herald-Times ed.) a7/3 The staff specializes in perms, color, foils and special occasion hair styles, including proms and weddings.