† unpromulgedadj.
Obsolete.
Not promulged; = unpromulgated adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [adjective] > not printed or published
unprinted1532
unpublished1587
unlisted1645
unengrossed1681
unpromulged1718
unpromulgated1774
sensitive1825
ungazetted1825
suppressed1863
unscheduled1889
restricted1937
classified1940
1718 J. Balguy Silvius's Exam. 16 That Law which a Man cannot possibly find out to be a Law, may justly be looked upon, in respect of that Person, as unpromulged.
a1742 L. Twells Twenty-four Serm. (1743) I. xi. 201 The unpromulged Part of the Law he [sc. God] was then giving should be delivered by Moses.
1832 J. Austin Outline in Province Jurispr. p. viii Unwritten law, or unpromulged law, is law which flows immediately from some subordinate source.
1863 T. G. Horton Lect. on Romans iii. 36 Is the gospel, as some predict, to be a failure?.. Is it to be superseded by some new device, at present unpromulged and undiscovered?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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