† Criminalness. World English Historical Dictionary

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Obs. [f. as prec. + -NESS.] Quality or state of being criminal; = CRIMINALITY.

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a. 1660.  Hammond, Wks., II. 131 (R.). To … excuse our schism, or avert the criminalness of it.

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1698.  [R. Fergusson], View of Ecclesiastick, 50. And what he there delivers as an Apology, is a proof of his Criminalness.

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1755.  in Johnson.

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1775.  Ash [see CRIMINALTY].

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