havock

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havock (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of havoc
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Acts 8:3:
      As for Saul, he made havock of the church.
    • 1688, John Bunyan, Good News for the Vilest of Men, or, A Help for Despairing Souls. [], London: [] George Larkin, [], →OCLC, page 59:
      I [Paul the Apostle] vvas going to Damaſcus vvith Letters from the High Prieſt to make Havock of God's People there, as I had made Havock of them in other places. Theſe bloody Letters vvas not impoſed upon me. I vvent to the High Prieſt and deſired them of him, Acts 9. 1, 2. And yet he [God] ſaved me!

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