statedadj.

Brit.

/ˈsteɪtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈsteɪdᵻd/

Forms: 1600s– stated, 1700s staited (Scottish).

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Or perhaps a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: state v., -ed suffix¹; Latin status , -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably partly < state v. + -ed suffix¹, and partly (in early use) < classical Latin status appointed, fixed, regular (see state adj.) + -ed suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier state adj.

†1. Regular or predictable in action, operation, or occurrence; consistent; invariable. Obsolete.Common in 18th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > [adjective] > periodical or recurring at regular intervals

continualc1530

periodical1585

termly1594

clock-like1609

terminal1610

stated1611

regular1639

periodic1661

clockwork1679

recursive1766

clockwork-like1875

tidal1876

seasonal1880

1611 R. Bolton Disc. State True Happinesse To Rdr. sig. A.3 In the worlds opinion, they be of ciuill honest cariage, of moderate spirits, and of a stated temper in religion.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) ii. 124 Extraordinary singular courses, sometimes intervenient in naturall processes, alter not the generall, stated, habituall course of nature.

1700 Hobson's Choice 5 His Planet..abides no stated Course, But freely all about the Sky it reels.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 188. ⁋2 The pleasure which men are able to give in conversation, holds no stated proportion to their knowledge or their virtue.

a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 134 Thus every four-and-twenty hours they have two regular and stated winds.

1788 Chambers's Cycl. (new ed.) at Hornpipe A wooden pipe, with holes at stated distances and a horn at each end.

1869 8th Ann. Rep. Inspectors Salmon Fisheries 3 in Rep. Commssioners: 4 (Parl. Papers XV) Thomas Pendray..says the fish have always come into the river at a regular and stated period.

a. That is or has been expressed in speech or writing; declared, asserted. (Now the usual sense.)Also with modifying adverb specifying the place or manner in which the statement is expressed.

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the mind > language > speech > narration > [adjective] > narrated

recited1534

repeated1545

related1603

retailed1607

stated1633

1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies i. 44 For what sense is in suche a stated question: whether the Scripture doeth condemne suche Ceremonies, as it leaveth indifferent, or onely those which it some way forbiddeth?

1693 R. South Animadversions upon Dr. Sherlock's Bk. viii. 283 A set of stated Words, or Forms of Expression first pitched upon by the Ablest Divines and Writers of the Church.

1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will i. iv. 25 The Word Inability..has Respect to some stated Defect.

1787 R. Polwhele Eng. Orator ii. 339 Adhere To stated Facts.

1849 Dublin Rev. Mar. 229 M. Balmes..very ably reconciles the above stated theories of the two Catholic schools of Theology.

1860 Lancet 4 Aug. 119/1 Dr. Garland's stated opinion as to the cause of death..was borne out by the ulceration of the stomach.

1880 Fortn. Rev. 1 Feb. 209 The common Parliament cannot now be accused of indifference to their fairly-stated claims.

1909 Spectator 25 Dec. 1093/1 In poetry..we continually find the page..drawing its light and meaning from the stated words of quite unknown speakers.

1960 New Scientist 13 Oct. 1009/3 He..gives clearly stated reasons for not rejecting out of hand the possibility that the Moon originally broke away from the Earth.

1973 Physics Bull. May 305/1 The stated aim..is to provide both a textbook and an up to date monograph on anelasticity in crystals.

2000 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 130 52 The tension between the stated ideology and the actual practice.

b. Of a law, rule, penalty, etc.: explicitly set down; precisely formulated.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > reducing to or expressing in a formula > [adjective] > formulated

stated1643

1643 P. Hunton Treat. Monarchie i. ii. 7 The first, when the Monarch..doth set himselfe no stated Rule or Law to rule by, but by immediate Edicts and commands of his owne will governes them.

1659 J. Harrington Disc. upon this Saying 4 The Mariner trusteth not unto the Sea, but to his Ship. The spirit of the people is no wise to be trusted with their Liberty, but by stated Laws or Orders.

1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. 1131 Now the Law obliges us under a certain stated Penalty to do and forbear what it commands and forbids.

1701 Defoe Legion's Memorial (single sheet) Tho' there are no stated proceedings to bring you [sc. the House of Commons] to your Duty, yet..whatever Power is above Law..may be Reduced by Extrajudicial Methods.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 92 What equity is, and how impossible in it's very essence to be reduced to stated rules, hath been shewn.

1775 A. Adams Let. 27 Nov. in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 125 Can any government be free which is not administered by general stated laws?

1843 Catholic Cabinet 1 689 Under stated regulations..the solemn fast of Lent lasts until Easter Sunday.

1870 H. W. Beecher Familiar Talks 63 God prefers to administer in His moral kingdom by the operation of stated laws.

1913 Shield Apr. 134 Laws provide for the maintenance of these reserve funds with stated penalties if violated.

1960 N.Z. Jrnl. Geol. & Geophysics 3 364 The vertical and horizontal components of individual movements can be deduced according to a stated rule.

1996 Scotsman (Nexis) 22 Feb. 14 Juvenile murderers in Scotland are detained without limit of time and without a stated tariff.

a. Of an action, event, ceremony, etc.: having a prescribed time and manner; fixed, set. stated meeting n. one of the regular periodical meetings of a society, etc., as distinguished from a meeting specially convened.

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1644 T. Edwards Antapologia 153 But in the classicall government there is such a subordination and dependencie, such stated and fixed meetings, that if men should escape one, they do not all.

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 15 To transplace and transtime a stated Institution of Christ,..is to destroy it.

1698 W. Bates Acct. Life P. Henry (1699) x. 165 It is of use in stated Prayer, ordinarily to observe a Method, according to the several Parts of Prayer.

1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles xvii. 66 When a whole Family sits down together, to make a regular and stated Meal.

1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 61 This..is the proper course to be taken by ordinary Christian teachers, in their stated expositions of Scripture.

1867 J. Ruskin Time & Tide iii. §12 Invite trustworthy persons of other classes to join your council; appoint time and place for its stated sittings.

1903 A. C. A. Hall Use Holy Script. in Public Worship Church iii. 59 It would hardly have been possible in times of persecution..to gather together the faithful for stated worship.

1915 in Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 16 June At a Stated General Meeting held to-day the College made a grant of £100 to the General Fund of the University.

2004 Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) 3 Oct. c2/1 Logansport York Rite will hold a carry-in supper at 6.30 p.m. Monday followed by a stated meeting at 7.30 p.m. in Kechel Tower, 400 North St.

b. Of a time, amount, etc.: determined or established by authority, agreement, custom, etc.Later examples are arguably merely a contextual use of sense 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > ordaining, prescribing, or appointing > ordained, prescribed, or appointed

setc1050

assignedc1374

ordaineda1382

peremptor1397

prescriptc1460

constitute1483

prescribedc1503

assigneea1513

stinteda1513

peremptory1513

pointed1523

appointed1535

state1581

statuted1606

stated1644

instituted1647

constituted1651

indictive1656

indicteda1706

issued1760

prescriptive1765

ordered1780

mandated1944

1644 G. Hughes Dry Rod Blooming ii. vii. 51 As there is a stated time for the seede to lye under ground.

1648 J. Allin Def. Answer Nine Questions iv. 73 The Lord limiting his Church to one Nation, united it into that form of a Nationall Church, ordaining one place, stated times and duties of Worship.

1667 O. Heywood Heart-treasure xi. 129 'Tis good for a Christian to keep up set and stated times of prayer.

1690 J. Child Disc. Trade i. 30 If a low stated Interest by Law be the cause of Riches, no Country would be poor..all having it in their power to state their Interest as low as they please by Law.

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §61. 66 Inches, Feet, &c. are settled, stated Lengths.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 341 None but men already possessed of a stated fortune, were allowed a privilege of carrying a gun.

1805 J. Grahame Sabbath (ed. 2) 13 The man of God..Opens the book, and reverentially The stated portion reads.

1821 J. Bayley Hist. Tower London i. 194 A keeper, appointed by the king's letters patent, with a stated salary.

1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences II. 202 I should get rid of the long familiar life of the Office, with its stated hours of attendance.

1900 Washington Post 29 Apr. 25/3 Every..man and boy..has to show a doctor's certificate at stated intervals testifying that he is sound in health.

1944 W. T. Cresswell in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder xv. 421/1 Most building contracts include a clause providing for the work to be completed at a stated date.

2002 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) 14 Apr. d2/6 There would be no stated minimum in purchasing shares in a unit investment trust.

c. Of an office, institution, etc.: recognized or sanctioned by authority; official; (of a person) holding an official or regular position.Chiefly in religious contexts.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [adjective] > regular or official

stated1645

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [adjective] > regular or official > office of

stated1808

1645 S. Eaton & T. Taylor Def. Sundry Positions xix. 87 A stated Oecumenicall judicature, constantly to judge all hard controversies between blood and blood, plea and plea, stroke and stroke, into all Churches in the world.

1648 J. Allin Def. Answer Nine Questions vii. 132 Such a stated power as an Officer over his owne flocke, hee hath not to those of other Congregations.

1661 R. L'Estrange Relaps'd Apostate xii. 37 What is it to be Factious, but to promote and stir up Disaffections against the stated Government?

1751 J. Wesley Jrnl. 22 Dec. (1759) 7 W. Harding..was a stated Preacher.

1770 J. S. Barrington Miscellanea Sacra (new ed.) I. i. 199 Perhaps the gift..of a teacher, of a ruler, and of a deacon, were only imparted to such as bore more stated offices in the church.

1808 W. Wilson Hist. Dissenting Churches II. 28 The relish of his labour excited a desire after a stated ministry.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 206 He has the honour of performing all the errands of the house..in addition to his own stated office of carter's boy.

1904 Friend 26 Mar. 1/2 The need for a shepherding that shall not be by paid or stated preachers.

1999 W. Liefield NIV Applic. Comm.: 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus (Electronic ed.) Elected officials who were honored and obeyed only because, and during the time that, they occupied a stated office in the church.

†d. Acknowledged without doubt to be true or to be the thing specified; unquestionable, irrefutable. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adjective] > defined, well-formed

well-assureda1413

definite1553

firm1600

well-founded1608

stated1651

well-establisheda1685

ironclad1838

rock-bottom1889

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 82 If Holiness of state here be a stated separation of the person from the world, to God.

1680 Spirit of Popery 51 He..saith, That the King Erects a Papacy in himself more absurdly than the Pope did; and saith, That he is a stated Antichrist.

1687 A. Shields Hind let Loose 411 We are by this obliged..to bring these stated Enemies to God and the Country to condign punishment.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 262 To carry me directly on to..Repentance..and..to a stated Reformation.

Compounds

stated account n. see account n. Phrases 3f.

stated case n. see case stated n. at case n.¹ Compounds 2.

stated clerk n. chiefly U.S. (in the Presbyterian Church) the chief administrative officer of a presbytery, synod, or general assembly.

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1791 Acts & Proc. Gen. Assembly Presbyterian Church 24 Signed by Order of the General Assembly, Ashbel Green, Stated Clerk of Assembly.

1846 G. Thompson & H. C. Wright Free Church of Scotl. & Amer. Slavery 40 Hear the answer from the pen of the stated clerk of a presbytery in the state of Mississippi.

1907 Suppl. Presbyterian Digest 1898–1906 997 A letter has been received from the Stated Clerk of the late Synod of India.

2002 V. F. Rainey Stewards of our Heritage ix. 265 A 1995 survey of presbytery and synod stated clerks confirmed that virtually all had contacted the department.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	stated
释义	statedadj. Brit. /ˈsteɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈsteɪdᵻd/ Forms: 1600s– stated, 1700s staited (Scottish). Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Or perhaps a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: state v., -ed suffix¹; Latin status , -ed suffix¹. Etymology: Probably partly < state v. + -ed suffix¹, and partly (in early use) < classical Latin status appointed, fixed, regular (see state adj.) + -ed suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier state adj. †1. Regular or predictable in action, operation, or occurrence; consistent; invariable. Obsolete.Common in 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [adjective] > periodical or recurring at regular intervals continualc1530 periodical1585 termly1594 clock-like1609 terminal1610 stated1611 regular1639 periodic1661 clockwork1679 recursive1766 clockwork-like1875 tidal1876 seasonal1880 1611 R. Bolton Disc. State True Happinesse To Rdr. sig. A.3 In the worlds opinion, they be of ciuill honest cariage, of moderate spirits, and of a stated temper in religion. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) ii. 124 Extraordinary singular courses, sometimes intervenient in naturall processes, alter not the generall, stated, habituall course of nature. 1700 Hobson's Choice 5 His Planet..abides no stated Course, But freely all about the Sky it reels. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 188. ⁋2 The pleasure which men are able to give in conversation, holds no stated proportion to their knowledge or their virtue. a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 134 Thus every four-and-twenty hours they have two regular and stated winds. 1788 Chambers's Cycl. (new ed.) at Hornpipe A wooden pipe, with holes at stated distances and a horn at each end. 1869 8th Ann. Rep. Inspectors Salmon Fisheries 3 in Rep. Commssioners: 4 (Parl. Papers XV) Thomas Pendray..says the fish have always come into the river at a regular and stated period. 2. a. That is or has been expressed in speech or writing; declared, asserted. (Now the usual sense.)Also with modifying adverb specifying the place or manner in which the statement is expressed. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > [adjective] > narrated recited1534 repeated1545 related1603 retailed1607 stated1633 1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies i. 44 For what sense is in suche a stated question: whether the Scripture doeth condemne suche Ceremonies, as it leaveth indifferent, or onely those which it some way forbiddeth? 1693 R. South Animadversions upon Dr. Sherlock's Bk. viii. 283 A set of stated Words, or Forms of Expression first pitched upon by the Ablest Divines and Writers of the Church. 1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will i. iv. 25 The Word Inability..has Respect to some stated Defect. 1787 R. Polwhele Eng. Orator ii. 339 Adhere To stated Facts. 1849 Dublin Rev. Mar. 229 M. Balmes..very ably reconciles the above stated theories of the two Catholic schools of Theology. 1860 Lancet 4 Aug. 119/1 Dr. Garland's stated opinion as to the cause of death..was borne out by the ulceration of the stomach. 1880 Fortn. Rev. 1 Feb. 209 The common Parliament cannot now be accused of indifference to their fairly-stated claims. 1909 Spectator 25 Dec. 1093/1 In poetry..we continually find the page..drawing its light and meaning from the stated words of quite unknown speakers. 1960 New Scientist 13 Oct. 1009/3 He..gives clearly stated reasons for not rejecting out of hand the possibility that the Moon originally broke away from the Earth. 1973 Physics Bull. May 305/1 The stated aim..is to provide both a textbook and an up to date monograph on anelasticity in crystals. 2000 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 130 52 The tension between the stated ideology and the actual practice. b. Of a law, rule, penalty, etc.: explicitly set down; precisely formulated. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > reducing to or expressing in a formula > [adjective] > formulated stated1643 1643 P. Hunton Treat. Monarchie i. ii. 7 The first, when the Monarch..doth set himselfe no stated Rule or Law to rule by, but by immediate Edicts and commands of his owne will governes them. 1659 J. Harrington Disc. upon this Saying 4 The Mariner trusteth not unto the Sea, but to his Ship. The spirit of the people is no wise to be trusted with their Liberty, but by stated Laws or Orders. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. 1131 Now the Law obliges us under a certain stated Penalty to do and forbear what it commands and forbids. 1701 Defoe Legion's Memorial (single sheet) Tho' there are no stated proceedings to bring you [sc. the House of Commons] to your Duty, yet..whatever Power is above Law..may be Reduced by Extrajudicial Methods. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 92 What equity is, and how impossible in it's very essence to be reduced to stated rules, hath been shewn. 1775 A. Adams Let. 27 Nov. in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 125 Can any government be free which is not administered by general stated laws? 1843 Catholic Cabinet 1 689 Under stated regulations..the solemn fast of Lent lasts until Easter Sunday. 1870 H. W. Beecher Familiar Talks 63 God prefers to administer in His moral kingdom by the operation of stated laws. 1913 Shield Apr. 134 Laws provide for the maintenance of these reserve funds with stated penalties if violated. 1960 N.Z. Jrnl. Geol. & Geophysics 3 364 The vertical and horizontal components of individual movements can be deduced according to a stated rule. 1996 Scotsman (Nexis) 22 Feb. 14 Juvenile murderers in Scotland are detained without limit of time and without a stated tariff. 3. a. Of an action, event, ceremony, etc.: having a prescribed time and manner; fixed, set. stated meeting n. one of the regular periodical meetings of a society, etc., as distinguished from a meeting specially convened. ΚΠ 1644 T. Edwards Antapologia 153 But in the classicall government there is such a subordination and dependencie, such stated and fixed meetings, that if men should escape one, they do not all. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 15 To transplace and transtime a stated Institution of Christ,..is to destroy it. 1698 W. Bates Acct. Life P. Henry (1699) x. 165 It is of use in stated Prayer, ordinarily to observe a Method, according to the several Parts of Prayer. 1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles xvii. 66 When a whole Family sits down together, to make a regular and stated Meal. 1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 61 This..is the proper course to be taken by ordinary Christian teachers, in their stated expositions of Scripture. 1867 J. Ruskin Time & Tide iii. §12 Invite trustworthy persons of other classes to join your council; appoint time and place for its stated sittings. 1903 A. C. A. Hall Use Holy Script. in Public Worship Church iii. 59 It would hardly have been possible in times of persecution..to gather together the faithful for stated worship. 1915 in Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 16 June At a Stated General Meeting held to-day the College made a grant of £100 to the General Fund of the University. 2004 Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) 3 Oct. c2/1 Logansport York Rite will hold a carry-in supper at 6.30 p.m. Monday followed by a stated meeting at 7.30 p.m. in Kechel Tower, 400 North St. b. Of a time, amount, etc.: determined or established by authority, agreement, custom, etc.Later examples are arguably merely a contextual use of sense 2a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > ordaining, prescribing, or appointing > ordained, prescribed, or appointed setc1050 assignedc1374 ordaineda1382 peremptor1397 prescriptc1460 constitute1483 prescribedc1503 assigneea1513 stinteda1513 peremptory1513 pointed1523 appointed1535 state1581 statuted1606 stated1644 instituted1647 constituted1651 indictive1656 indicteda1706 issued1760 prescriptive1765 ordered1780 mandated1944 1644 G. Hughes Dry Rod Blooming ii. vii. 51 As there is a stated time for the seede to lye under ground. 1648 J. Allin Def. Answer Nine Questions iv. 73 The Lord limiting his Church to one Nation, united it into that form of a Nationall Church, ordaining one place, stated times and duties of Worship. 1667 O. Heywood Heart-treasure xi. 129 'Tis good for a Christian to keep up set and stated times of prayer. 1690 J. Child Disc. Trade i. 30 If a low stated Interest by Law be the cause of Riches, no Country would be poor..all having it in their power to state their Interest as low as they please by Law. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §61. 66 Inches, Feet, &c. are settled, stated Lengths. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 341 None but men already possessed of a stated fortune, were allowed a privilege of carrying a gun. 1805 J. Grahame Sabbath (ed. 2) 13 The man of God..Opens the book, and reverentially The stated portion reads. 1821 J. Bayley Hist. Tower London i. 194 A keeper, appointed by the king's letters patent, with a stated salary. 1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences II. 202 I should get rid of the long familiar life of the Office, with its stated hours of attendance. 1900 Washington Post 29 Apr. 25/3 Every..man and boy..has to show a doctor's certificate at stated intervals testifying that he is sound in health. 1944 W. T. Cresswell in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder xv. 421/1 Most building contracts include a clause providing for the work to be completed at a stated date. 2002 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) 14 Apr. d2/6 There would be no stated minimum in purchasing shares in a unit investment trust. c. Of an office, institution, etc.: recognized or sanctioned by authority; official; (of a person) holding an official or regular position.Chiefly in religious contexts. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [adjective] > regular or official stated1645 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [adjective] > regular or official > office of stated1808 1645 S. Eaton & T. Taylor Def. Sundry Positions xix. 87 A stated Oecumenicall judicature, constantly to judge all hard controversies between blood and blood, plea and plea, stroke and stroke, into all Churches in the world. 1648 J. Allin Def. Answer Nine Questions vii. 132 Such a stated power as an Officer over his owne flocke, hee hath not to those of other Congregations. 1661 R. L'Estrange Relaps'd Apostate xii. 37 What is it to be Factious, but to promote and stir up Disaffections against the stated Government? 1751 J. Wesley Jrnl. 22 Dec. (1759) 7 W. Harding..was a stated Preacher. 1770 J. S. Barrington Miscellanea Sacra (new ed.) I. i. 199 Perhaps the gift..of a teacher, of a ruler, and of a deacon, were only imparted to such as bore more stated offices in the church. 1808 W. Wilson Hist. Dissenting Churches II. 28 The relish of his labour excited a desire after a stated ministry. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 206 He has the honour of performing all the errands of the house..in addition to his own stated office of carter's boy. 1904 Friend 26 Mar. 1/2 The need for a shepherding that shall not be by paid or stated preachers. 1999 W. Liefield NIV Applic. Comm.: 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus (Electronic ed.) Elected officials who were honored and obeyed only because, and during the time that, they occupied a stated office in the church. †d. Acknowledged without doubt to be true or to be the thing specified; unquestionable, irrefutable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adjective] > defined, well-formed well-assureda1413 definite1553 firm1600 well-founded1608 stated1651 well-establisheda1685 ironclad1838 rock-bottom1889 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 82 If Holiness of state here be a stated separation of the person from the world, to God. 1680 Spirit of Popery 51 He..saith, That the King Erects a Papacy in himself more absurdly than the Pope did; and saith, That he is a stated Antichrist. 1687 A. Shields Hind let Loose 411 We are by this obliged..to bring these stated Enemies to God and the Country to condign punishment. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 262 To carry me directly on to..Repentance..and..to a stated Reformation. Compounds stated account n. see account n. Phrases 3f. stated case n. see case stated n. at case n.¹ Compounds 2. stated clerk n. chiefly U.S. (in the Presbyterian Church) the chief administrative officer of a presbytery, synod, or general assembly. ΚΠ 1791 Acts & Proc. Gen. Assembly Presbyterian Church 24 Signed by Order of the General Assembly, Ashbel Green, Stated Clerk of Assembly. 1846 G. Thompson & H. C. Wright Free Church of Scotl. & Amer. Slavery 40 Hear the answer from the pen of the stated clerk of a presbytery in the state of Mississippi. 1907 Suppl. Presbyterian Digest 1898–1906 997 A letter has been received from the Stated Clerk of the late Synod of India. 2002 V. F. Rainey Stewards of our Heritage ix. 265 A 1995 survey of presbytery and synod stated clerks confirmed that virtually all had contacted the department. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1611
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