[+ -NESS.] The quality or condition of being lukewarm.

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1561.  Daus, trans. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573). 58 b. He expoundeth more fully the sinne of the Laodicians, and what is the cause of their lukewarmenesse.

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1665.  Boyle, New Exp. & Observ. Cold, 37. The many degrees of Coldness … betwixt Lukewarmness and the Freezing degree of Cold.

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1720.  Welton, Suffer. Son of God, I. xii. 310. Their Lukewarmness and Indifferency towards God.

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1875.  Manning, Mission H. Ghost, i. 28. The lukewarmness with which we allow His Graces and Mercies to pass by us.

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