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unˈsained, ppl. a. Now arch.
[un-1 8. Cf. OE. unᵹesénod, MDu. ongesegent (Du. ongezegend), MLG. ungesegnet, MHG. ungesëgenet, -ent (G. ungesegnet).]
Unblessed; esp. not formally blessed or protected by a blessing.
a1275Ancr. R. 312 [A] wardein, þet wit & wereð us euer wið þe unseiene [Cotton MS. unseinede] gostes. 1513Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. IV. 417 To Thomas Drummond, alias Thom Unsanit,..vij li. 1691R. Kirk Secret Commw. i. (1815) 10 Those who are unseened or unsanctified (called Fey). 1881W. Gregor Folk-Lore N.-E. Scotl. xi. 62 To carry off unsained and unchurched mothers. |