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nuncupation|nʌnkjuːˈpeɪʃən|
Also 4 -acion.
[ad. L. nuncupātiōn-em, n. of action f. nuncupāre: see prec. and -ation. So F. nuncupation (16th c.), Sp. nuncupacion.]
†1. The action of naming or designating. Obs.
1387–8T. Usk Test. Love i. ix. (Skeat) I. 119 But images ben goddes by nuncupacion.
1616Bullokar Eng. Expos., Nuncupation, a naming. 1619J. Sempill Sacrilege Handl. 84 Heere then was but a Nuncupation, a Fundation of Priest-hood. a1670Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 102 What they have, it is by entitling and nuncupation.
†2. The solemn expression of a vow. Obs.
1615Jackson Creed v. xxxi. Wks. IV. 276 Of this internal adoration..they make intercession or nuncupation of vows essential parts. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §14. 259 He being frequently thus stiled in their solemn Nuncupations of Vows..Jupiter Father.
3. The oral declaration of a will.
1726Ayliffe Parergon 520 When a Codicil is not made by Nuncupation, but solemnly and in writing. 1880Muirhead Ulpian xx. §9 The mancipation of the familia or estate, and the nuncupation of the testament. |