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ascription|əˈskrɪpʃən|
[ad. L. ascrīptiōn-em, n. of action f. ascrīb-ere to ascribe: see -ion1. Cf. also adscription.]
†1. The action of adding in writing, subscription. Obs.
1597Morley Introd. Mus. Annot., All diminution is signified either..by a number set to the signe, or else by asscription of the Canon.
2. Enrolment, inclusion in a class. rare.
1851Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. I. 8 The ascription of the ancient Gaulish families into the Senatorial rank.
3. The action of setting to the credit of; attribution of origin or authorship.
a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. Pref. 4 Ascribing all his writing vnto Gods inward commanding..Which is indeed, a very true ascription. 1794Paley Evid. i. ix. § 5 (1817) 165 If the ascription of the Gospels to their respective authors had been conjectural. 1861Maine Anc. Law (1874) 1 The theoretical ascription of English law to immemorial unwritten tradition.
4. a. The action of ascribing, attributing, imputing, or declaring that something belongs to a person or thing; concr. the declaration thus made.
1600Chapman Iliad xiv. Comm., Which ascription our Spond takes to be given in scorn. 1845–6Trench Huls. Lect. Ser. ii. viii. 275 With thankful ascriptions of praise to..God. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. An. xii. 661 The ascription of a spermatozoal nature to the striæ..is not warranted.
b. spec. The formula used by a preacher at the end of a sermon in which he ascribes praise to God (‘Now to God the Father..be ascribed all praise..’).
1899Dearmer Parson's Handbk. 201 It has become customary to conclude the sermon with an ascription. |