† tendryn.
Obsolete.
1. An act of tendering or offering; a tender, offer, proffer; a formal offer.
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the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > [noun]
proffera1325
presentation1427
presentingc1430
offer1433
proposition1541
tender1577
tendry1624
tendering1625
offerture1631
proposala1640
deference1660
oblation1678
offering1706
porrection1715
1624 R. Montagu Immediate Addresse 18 I suppose it a tendry of Kindness rather, a Gentle Inuitation, to come and Call.
1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 322 The Tenants made no tendry of this Champart, and so it lay amongst concealments.
a1667 Bp. J. Taylor Reverence due to Altar (1848) 7 A tendry of our service.
1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 730 God..had as undoubted a right to exchange them with Christ's for his life, upon the free Tendry which he made of it.
2. spec. The tendering or delivering of something to be mentally accepted or considered; hence, a doctrine delivered or presented for acceptance, a deliverance; plural articles of belief, tenets.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [noun] > teaching, doctrine
lorec950
teachinga1300
learning1526
tendry1624
society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > [noun] > instance
truth1395
faithc1400
dogma1534
doctrinals1619
tendry1624
faith-mark1652
dogmatism1664
thought mode1939
1624 R. Montagu Immediate Addresse 146 In Gods Precepts and Tendries of beleefe, I will subiect..my enquiring into plaine beleefe.
1636 P. Heylyn Hist. Sabbath i. Pref. sig. Av You would not shut your eyes, against the tendrie of those truths.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. S3v Arianism: not ejurated till the year 588. when that whole Nation did submit to more Catholique tendries.
a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) 261 The general Tendries of the Protestant, Lutheran, and Calvinian Writers beyond the Seas.
1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo 467 Religion must appear before the Tribunal of Reason; and if it does not acquit itself well, and give a Rational and Satisfactory account of its Tendries, it must be bored through the Tongue with a red hot Iron for an Heretic.
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