Obs. [f. as prec. + -NESS.] The fact, condition or quality of being external; outwardness or formality (of religious observances).
1667. H. More, Div. Dial., V. xi. (1713), 442. But Carnality and Externalness, especially after the Reign of Constantine, quickly over-ran all.
1727. in Bailey, vol. II.
1775. in Ash.
