ppl. a. Now arch. [UN-1 8. Cf. OE. unʓesénod, MDu. ongesegent (Du. ongezegend), MLG. ungesegnet, MHG. ungesëgenet, -ent (G. ungesegnet).] Unblessed; esp. not formally blessed or protected by a blessing.

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a. 1275.  Ancr. R., 312. [A] wardein, þet wit & wereð us euer wið þe unseiene [Cotton MS. unseinede] gostes.

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1513.  Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., IV. 417. To Thomas Drummond, alias Thom Unsanit,… vij li.

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1691.  R. Kirk, Secret Commw., i. (1815), 10. Those who are unseened or unsanctified (called Fey).

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1881.  W. Gregor, Folk-Lore N.-E. Scotl., xi. 62. To carry off unsained and unchurched mothers.

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