rare. [f. next + -NESS.] The state of being supernumerary; excess above the regular or required number.
1652. H. L’Estrange, Amer. no Jewes, 68. Reasons … for Plantation…. 1. Expulsion. 2. Supernumerarinesse.
1657. J. Sergeant, Schism Dispach’t, 649. If there were any error in the supernumerarines of Bishops out of some one Province.
1727. in Bailey, vol. II.
