sententiallyadv.
Obsolete or rare.
1. By way of (judicial) sentence; judicially.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [adverb] > in a judicial manner
sententiallyc1400
judicially1596
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [adverb] > finally decisive
sententiallyc1400
c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) ii. xliii. 50 To alle the remenaunt after, Iustice sentencyally seyd: goo, al ye condempned and foriuged to brenne withynne the fyre of Helle.
1447 O. Bokenham Agnes in Lyvys Seyntys 262 Wherefore sentencyally I [the prefect] þe deuyse.
c1460 Osney Reg. 89 I axe þe saide Executours to þe forsaide best..to þe saide church of Cudelynton and to my lordis aforsaide..sentencially and diffinityfly to be condempned.
1544 J. Bale Brefe Chron. Syr I. Oldecastell 39 We sentencyallye and dyffynytyuely by this present wrytynge, iudge, declare and condemne the seyd syr Iohan Oldecastell..a most pernycyouse and detestable heretyque.
1673 R. Baxter Let. in Answer to Mr. Dodwell 83 Whether a man de facto have been drunk,..it were hard judging sententially meerly on trust from others.
1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxxii. 540 He is virtually condemned now, and will be sententially condemned in the Judgment of the great day.
2. rare. In or by sentences.In later dictionaries.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [adverb] > in or by sentences
sententially1860
1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Coleridge) Sententially, by means of sentences.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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