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† indigitament Obs. rare.
[ad. L. indigitāmentum, in pl. indigitāmenta books containing the names of the gods and prescribing their ritual, f. indigitā-re to indigitate: see -ment.]
An appellation or title by which a deity was (in local or special connexion) known and invoked: see also quot. 1675.
1658W. Burton Itin. Antonin. 56 The indigitaments of old Deities were often inscribed to Rivers; as Belisama, a name of Minerva, to the River Rible..as the names of Saints are usually to divers places abroad at this day. 1675R. Burthogge Causa Dei 253 Reuchlin..affirmeth that..their Imprecations, Vows, or Blessings were called Indigitaments. |