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propination|prɒpɪˈneɪʃən|
[ad. L. propīnātiōn-em a drinking to one's health, n. of action f. propīn-āre to propine.]
†1. The action of offering drink to another in pledging; the drinking to the health of any one.
1656Blount Glossogr., Propination, a drinking to one, a bidding one drink. 1697Potter Antiq. Greece iv. xx. (1715) 393 Proteas..drank it off, and presented his Service to Alexander in another of the same Dimensions. This Propination was carry'd about towards the right Hand. Ibid. 398 The Propinations, and methods of Drinking, which other Nations observ'd.
†2. Giving, presenting, administering. Obs. rare.
1608Topsell Serpents (1658) 662 Cantharides,..if you fail in their due and skilful application or propination,..drive men into most intolerable grievous symptomes.
3. [= Ger. propination.] In reference to Austrian Poland: The seigniorial monopoly of brewing and distilling and selling the produce.
1886Daily News 23 Dec. 5/7 This nobleman has the ‘propination’ or sole right of selling spirits in this part of the world. 1888Times 27 Sept. 3/3 The Galician land⁓owners by the Spirit Tax Act passed last Session..have been deprived of the right of ‘propination’—that is, of distilling and selling spirits on their estates. |