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单词 humicubation
释义 humicubation|hjuːmɪkjuːˈbeɪʃən|
[ad. L. type *humicubātiōn-em, f. humī on the ground + cubātio, f. cubāre to lie down.]
Lying down on the ground, esp. as a sign of penitence or humiliation.
1656Bramhall in Hobbes Lib., Necess., & Chance 145 Fasting and Sackcloth, and Ashes, and Tears, and Humicubations, used to be companions of Repentance.1662Gunning Lent Fast 195 That fasting be not divorc'd from its primitive society of watchings, humicubations, sorrowings.1833J. H. Newman Ch. of Fathers (1842) 255 Frequent watchings, humicubations, and the like.
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