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illation|ɪˈleɪʃən| [ad. late L. illātiōn-em, n. of action from inferre, illāt-um to bring in, infer. Cf. F. illation (1521 in Godefroy).] 1. The action of inferring or drawing a conclusion from premisses; hence, that which is inferred, an inference, deduction, or conclusion.
1533More Debell. Salem Wks. 956/1 Hys illacion that he maketh vpon the same woordes of mine. 1565Harding in Jewel Repl. Harding (1611) 342 In framing his reason by way of illation. 1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. i. viii. 26 What ground of consequence can warrant such an illation from these premisses? 1781Wesley Wks. (1872) XIII. 463 By illation, I suppose he [Locke] means the inferring one thing from another. 1832Austin Jurispr. (1879) II. 1053 In the process of syllogising there is not really an illation or inference. 1886N. & Q. 7th Ser. I. 251/1 It is permissible to smile at such an illation from such a major and minor. 2. Eccl. The Eucharistic Preface to the Tersanctus, as occurring in the primitive and some later liturgies, corresponding to the Preface in the Roman and Anglican liturgies.
1863Neale Ess. Liturg. 75 We now come to..Illations; or, as they have been variously called, Prefaces, Contestations, or Prayers of the Triumphal Hymn. Ibid. 77 The Gallican has a different Illation for every principal festival. |