a. [f. CONTRA- 1 + DISTINCT.] Contradistinguished; distinct and in contrast.
1641. R. Brooke, Eng. Episc., II. v. 83. You shall finde these and the Church contradistinct.
1688. Norris, Love, I. v. 60. My Division of Benevolence into Self-love and Charity is sufficiently accurate and contra-distinct.
1729. Berkeley, Wks., IV. 634. The latter … also in kind contradistinct.
b. Const. to (unto), from.
1621. W. Sclater, Tythes (1623), 79. When we treat of Cæremonies contradistinct to moralities, [etc.].
1659. Hammond, On Ps. cxv. 7. An inarticulate sound, contradistinct from speaking.
1713. Nelson, Life Dr. Bull, 142. The evangelical Law of Christ, as contradistinct to the Moral.
1774. A. Gib, Present Truth, I. 195. The Gospel … strictly taken as contradistinct from the law.
Contradistinctly adv., in contradistinction.
1621. W. Sclater, Tythes (1623), 99. Taking it as schoolemen contradistinctly to Morall and Cæremoniall [etc.].
1697. J. Sergeant, Solid Philos., 437. He speaks of Words … Contradistinctly from the Ideas signify’d by them.
