Estranging vbl. sb.

[f. as prec. + -ING¹.] The action of the vb. ESTRANGE.

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1574. trans. Marlorat’s Apocalips, 43. The death of y^e soule … is an vtter estranging of the soule from God.

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1607. Hieron, Wks., I. 406. Ordinary estranging in body breedeth strangenesse in affection.

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a. 1677. Hale, True Relig., III. (1684), 38. There arise Schismes, Factions … and studied estrangings of Professors of Christianity.

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