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To prevent extravagance in dress parish taxes were "cessed" according to apparel -- "if he be unmarried, according to his own apparel; if he be married, according to his own and his wife's or either of their apparel."

England in America, 1580-1652 Lyon Gardiner Tyler 1894

The 'cessed' building, 115-year-old Ray Chambers, near

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Word verification: cessed - how South Carolinians spell what they did from the Union in 1861.

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Sir James instantly dispatched orders to the cessed soldiers either to come to Dumfries or meet him on the way to Dalry, and commanded the thirteen or fourteen men in the town with him to come at nine next morning to his lodging for supplies.

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Its twin masts were raked and its cabins were re - cessed deep into the decking both fore and aft, adding to the long, smooth look.

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He switched to his C drive, ac - cessed the built-in diagnostic, discovered that a virus was busy dismantling the software on his hard drive.

Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995

He touched the calcareous mass above his re-cessed right ear.

The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

Their ident slips were pro-cessed, checked, and efficiently spat back at them by the boarding console.

Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982

Against excesse in [206] apparell that every man be cessed in the churche for all publique contributions, if he be unmarried according to his owne apparrell, if he be married, according to his owne and his wives, or either of their apparell.

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Against excesse in apparell that every man be cessed in the churche for all publique contributions, if he be unmarried according to his owne apparrell, if he be married according to his owne and his wives, or either of their apparrell ....

Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 Various 1885