a. Obs. [f. LAW sb.1 + -ISH.] Pertaining to the law, savoring of the law. In quots. referring to the ceremonial or Mosaic law.
1560. Becon, Catech., Wks. 1564, I. 444 b. This lawysh sprinkling was a figure of the bloud of Christ.
1654. Vilvain, Theol. Treat., iv. 118. Al Lawish Ceremonies which prefigured him [are] abolished.
