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† proˈbatic, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. late L. probatic-us (in Vulgate), a. Gr. προβατικός belonging to sheep, f. πρόβατον a sheep. So F. probatique.]
Of or pertaining to sheep: in probatic piscine, probatic pond, rendering L. probatica piscina of the Vulgate in John v. 2. Also † proˈbatical a. Obs.
c1430Lydg. Commend. Our Lady 134 Thow misty arke, probatik piscyne. [1582N. T. (Rhem.) John v. 2 There is at Hierusalem vpon Probatica a pond.] 1656Blount Glossogr., Probatick Pond.., a Pond at Jerusalem, where those sheep were washed, that were by the Law to be sacrificed. 1818J. Milner End Relig. Controv. ii. (1819) 72 note, The probatical pond was endowed by an Angel with a miraculous power of healing. |