▪ I. enˈsealing, vbl. n.
[f. enseal v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb enseal. lit. and fig.
| 1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII, c. 6 §8 At the tyme of ensealynge of the proces for execucion. 1561 J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 100 He himselfe geeveth them faith and his spirite, which is the insealyng of their mynds. 1755 N. Magens Insurances II. 386 At the Ensealing and Delivery hereof. |
▪ II. † enˈsealing, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. enseal v. + -ing2.]
That enseals or confirms.
| 1563 J. Man Musculus' Commonpl. 278 b, They [Sacraments] doe confirme us, not as the very ensealing spirite himselfe doth, but as ensealing signes. |