† seˈcessive, a. Obs.
[as if ad. L. *sēcessīvus, f. sēcēdĕre: see secede v.]
Retired, private.
| 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i. xl, Like dung-chewers and excrementitious eaters, they are cast into the privies and secessive places, that is the Covents and Abbeys. Ibid. iii. viii, Conserved and put in store as in a Secessive Repository, and Sacred Warehouse. |