[f. FULFIL v. + -ER1.] One who fulfils, in various senses of the vb.

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1413.  Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton, 1483), V. xiv. 108. The hooly ghoost that is the ender and the fulfiller.

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1545.  Brinkelow, Lament., 24 b. Christ wolde not breake the lawe, but was the fullfiller of the lawe.

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1692.  South, Serm. (1718), II. 102. God himself is first the author, and then the fulfiller of them.

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1752.  Law, Spirit of Love, II. (1816), 138. A fulfiller of all righteousness.

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1843.  Hood, Forge, I. xiii. Of his duty so true a fulfiller.

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1860.  Pusey, The Minor Prophets, 110. The Prophet appeals to God by His own Name, the faithful Fulfiller of His promises, Him Who Is, and Who had promised to hear all who call upon Him.

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