erectionn.

/ɪˈrɛkʃən/

Forms: Also 1500s ereccion.

Etymology: < late Latin ērectiōn-em, noun of action < ērect- : see erect v. Compare French érection.

The action of erecting, the condition of being erected.

†1. A lifting up (of the hands); also, an elevated condition; (of hills) elevation, altitude.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] > relief > altitude

hypsometry1570

erection1584

erectnessa1613

tree-line1893

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > specifically of the hands

upholding1574

erection1584

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xv. xxiv. 440 There must be erection of hands, confession.

a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xiii. 113 Wee are not to consider onely the erection of the Hilles.

a1649 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1853) I. 136 The congregation testifying their consent by erection of hands.

1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World v. 163 We are not to consider only the erection of the Hills above the ordinary Land, but the advantage of all dry Land above the Sea.

†2.

a. Advancement in condition or dignity; elevation to office. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [noun]

glorifyinga1340

augmentation?a1439

exaltation1490

erection1503

glorification1549

nobilitatinga1552

sublimating1559

ennobling1596

augmention1605

nobilitation1610

stellifyinga1612

engreateningc1614

superexaltation1618

subliminga1626

stellation1635

aggrandization1649

stellification1650

engrandizinga1652

aggrandizement1656

exaltment1660

apotheosis1738

princification1865

ennoblement1871

1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 26 The seid Ereccion and Creacion to the Kinges seid sone made to hym as to the Duke of Yorke.

1528 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xxiii. 46 Synnes his erection to this dignitie, his Holynes, etc.

1661 J. Ussher Power of Princes (1683) i. 47 God..knoweth when and in what place to appoint the Erection of Kings.

b. concrete in Scots Law. A temporal lordship ‘erected’ out of a spiritual benefice.

ΚΠ

1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. x. 230 That all the superiorities of erections..should be declared to be in the crown.

3. A setting upright; an upright position.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > setting upright

upsettingc1449

up-putting1513

erecting1553

erection1622

uprighting1881

the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [noun]

bolt-uprightnessc1405

erection1622

erectness1646

standing1709

1622 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 39 By the erection of our bodies, expressing the elevation..of our souls.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 151 Of this erection of the Body of Man, the Ancients have taken Notice.

1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. i. 81 The erections and bendings of the body are outlets for spontaneous activity.

4. Physiology. The action of making rigid any bodily organ containing erectile tissue; the condition of being so erected; also, an instance of the same.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > erection

elevation1543

erection1594

tentigoa1603

Jack1604

stand1608

surgation1688

cockstandc1890

hard-on1898

hard1927

boner1936

hard up1937

bone-on1969

morning-glory1985

1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 18 in Jewell House As to woorke an erection of those engendring parts.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 164 That your Actiuity may defeate and quell The sourse of all Erection .

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 216 Which serve the erection to Coition.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1004 They are good for such as want erection.

1787 H. Watson in Med. Communications 2 158 His penis was in a state of erection.

1885 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 10 176 The appellant had an erection on each of two unsuccessful attempts.

†5. Exaltation, excitement, invigoration (of the mind, spirits, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > [noun]

excitation1393

motiona1398

concitation1534

erectiona1586

fermentationc1660

effervescence1744

effervescency1767

intumescence1775

electricity1796

electrization1798

sensation1807

electrification1835

bubblement1842

excitement1846

suscitation1870

exuberation1889

splash1899

rousedness1915

adrenaline1928

drama1930

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. sig. M8 Her peereles height my minde to high erection Drawes vp.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §713 When a Man would listen suddenly to any Thing, he Starteth; For the Starting is an Erection of the Spirits to attend.

1651 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 542 It must be a wonderful erection of their spirits, to know that God will be a father of those fatherless.

a. The action of rearing (a building, column, etc.). Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun]

bigginga1325

rearinga1325

buildingc1394

edifying1432

upbringing1484

rising?a1500

upmaking1513

upbigging1525

edification1549

erecting1553

structure1604

erection1614

compilementa1639

architecture1646

exstruction1652

built1654

edifice1663

fabric1730

upbuilding1732

builth1805

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. iii. §5. 41 Counting Seth to be an hundred yeares old at the erection of them [sc. pillars].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 44 When we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the Erection.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Pref. sig. C4^v In the erection of a more judicious and consistent Fabrick.

1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III vi. 435 Prohibiting the erection of all protestant fabricks on lands belonging to the church.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 95 The erection of such mills is not to be recommended universally.

1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. v. 187 Their respect for his memory was evinced by the erection of a monumental column.

b. concrete. That which is built up or reared; a building, structure. literal and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun]

bottleeOE

houseeOE

boldOE

building1297

builda1387

edificec1386

mansion1389

bigginga1400

housinga1400

edification1432

edifying1432

fabric1483

edify1555

structure1560

erection1609

framec1639

bastiment1679

drum1846

dump1899

gaff1932

1609 in Court Leet Rec. Manch. (1885) II. 242 Two small erections latelye adjoyned to the houses called the red houses.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. vii. §3. 340 The English were driuen to make such an erection vpon a Fable, or Person fained.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 164 There is in Perthshire a barrow which seems to be a British erection.

1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xxi. 253 It..is surmounted by a wooden erection said to have been Newton's private observatory.

7. Astrology. The construction of a scheme or figure of the heavens. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > horoscope > [noun] > casting of

figure-casting1600

erection1612

figure-flinginga1625

apotelesm1651

horoscopy1664

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. iv. sig. K^v By erection of her Figure, I gest it.

8. (a) Constitution or establishment (of an office, institution, etc.). (b) Investment with a specified condition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > institution or founding

fasteningeOE

stablishinga1300

groundingc1380

stablingc1380

ordinancec1384

establishingc1400

foundationc1400

fundament1440

stablishment1444

institutionc1460

upsetting1470

erection1508

instituting1534

foundingc1540

erecting1553

constitution1582

establishment1596

plantation1605

instauration1614

institute1641

bottoming1642

ordaining1643

settlement1646

planting1702

incardination1897

1508 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. 184 This mercyfull ereccion and buyldynge of crystes chirche.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 73/1 in Chron. I After the firste erection of the Scottishe kingdome.

1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 506 Erection into life.

1701 F. Atterbury Serm. House of Commons 10 From their [sc. the Jews'] first Erection into a People down to their Final Excision.

1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iv. iii. 406 The Bull of Erection [of Bishopricks] was despatched.

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1808) VIII. 187 Any capital innovation which may amount to the erection of a dangerous nuisance.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. x. 240 The statute..prohibits the erection of any such courts hereafter.

1885 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) 34 He consolidated his possessions by obtaining their erection into a barony.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	erection
释义	erectionn. /ɪˈrɛkʃən/ Forms: Also 1500s ereccion. Etymology: < late Latin ērectiōn-em, noun of action < ērect- : see erect v. Compare French érection. The action of erecting, the condition of being erected. †1. A lifting up (of the hands); also, an elevated condition; (of hills) elevation, altitude. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] > relief > altitude hypsometry1570 erection1584 erectnessa1613 tree-line1893 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > specifically of the hands upholding1574 erection1584 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xv. xxiv. 440 There must be erection of hands, confession. a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xiii. 113 Wee are not to consider onely the erection of the Hilles. a1649 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1853) I. 136 The congregation testifying their consent by erection of hands. 1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World v. 163 We are not to consider only the erection of the Hills above the ordinary Land, but the advantage of all dry Land above the Sea. †2. a. Advancement in condition or dignity; elevation to office. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [noun] glorifyinga1340 augmentation?a1439 exaltation1490 erection1503 glorification1549 nobilitatinga1552 sublimating1559 ennobling1596 augmention1605 nobilitation1610 stellifyinga1612 engreateningc1614 superexaltation1618 subliminga1626 stellation1635 aggrandization1649 stellification1650 engrandizinga1652 aggrandizement1656 exaltment1660 apotheosis1738 princification1865 ennoblement1871 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 26 The seid Ereccion and Creacion to the Kinges seid sone made to hym as to the Duke of Yorke. 1528 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xxiii. 46 Synnes his erection to this dignitie, his Holynes, etc. 1661 J. Ussher Power of Princes (1683) i. 47 God..knoweth when and in what place to appoint the Erection of Kings. b. concrete in Scots Law. A temporal lordship ‘erected’ out of a spiritual benefice. ΚΠ 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. x. 230 That all the superiorities of erections..should be declared to be in the crown. 3. A setting upright; an upright position. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > setting upright upsettingc1449 up-putting1513 erecting1553 erection1622 uprighting1881 the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [noun] bolt-uprightnessc1405 erection1622 erectness1646 standing1709 1622 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 39 By the erection of our bodies, expressing the elevation..of our souls. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 151 Of this erection of the Body of Man, the Ancients have taken Notice. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. i. 81 The erections and bendings of the body are outlets for spontaneous activity. 4. Physiology. The action of making rigid any bodily organ containing erectile tissue; the condition of being so erected; also, an instance of the same. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > erection elevation1543 erection1594 tentigoa1603 Jack1604 stand1608 surgation1688 cockstandc1890 hard-on1898 hard1927 boner1936 hard up1937 bone-on1969 morning-glory1985 1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 18 in Jewell House As to woorke an erection of those engendring parts. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 164 That your Actiuity may defeate and quell The sourse of all Erection . View more context for this quotation 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 216 Which serve the erection to Coition. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1004 They are good for such as want erection. 1787 H. Watson in Med. Communications 2 158 His penis was in a state of erection. 1885 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 10 176 The appellant had an erection on each of two unsuccessful attempts. †5. Exaltation, excitement, invigoration (of the mind, spirits, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > [noun] excitation1393 motiona1398 concitation1534 erectiona1586 fermentationc1660 effervescence1744 effervescency1767 intumescence1775 electricity1796 electrization1798 sensation1807 electrification1835 bubblement1842 excitement1846 suscitation1870 exuberation1889 splash1899 rousedness1915 adrenaline1928 drama1930 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. sig. M8 Her peereles height my minde to high erection Drawes vp. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §713 When a Man would listen suddenly to any Thing, he Starteth; For the Starting is an Erection of the Spirits to attend. 1651 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 542 It must be a wonderful erection of their spirits, to know that God will be a father of those fatherless. 6. a. The action of rearing (a building, column, etc.). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] bigginga1325 rearinga1325 buildingc1394 edifying1432 upbringing1484 rising?a1500 upmaking1513 upbigging1525 edification1549 erecting1553 structure1604 erection1614 compilementa1639 architecture1646 exstruction1652 built1654 edifice1663 fabric1730 upbuilding1732 builth1805 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. iii. §5. 41 Counting Seth to be an hundred yeares old at the erection of them [sc. pillars]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 44 When we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the Erection. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Pref. sig. C4^v In the erection of a more judicious and consistent Fabrick. 1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III vi. 435 Prohibiting the erection of all protestant fabricks on lands belonging to the church. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 95 The erection of such mills is not to be recommended universally. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. v. 187 Their respect for his memory was evinced by the erection of a monumental column. b. concrete. That which is built up or reared; a building, structure. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] bottleeOE houseeOE boldOE building1297 builda1387 edificec1386 mansion1389 bigginga1400 housinga1400 edification1432 edifying1432 fabric1483 edify1555 structure1560 erection1609 framec1639 bastiment1679 drum1846 dump1899 gaff1932 1609 in Court Leet Rec. Manch. (1885) II. 242 Two small erections latelye adjoyned to the houses called the red houses. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. vii. §3. 340 The English were driuen to make such an erection vpon a Fable, or Person fained. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 164 There is in Perthshire a barrow which seems to be a British erection. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xxi. 253 It..is surmounted by a wooden erection said to have been Newton's private observatory. 7. Astrology. The construction of a scheme or figure of the heavens. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > horoscope > [noun] > casting of figure-casting1600 erection1612 figure-flinginga1625 apotelesm1651 horoscopy1664 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. iv. sig. K^v By erection of her Figure, I gest it. View more context for this quotation 8. (a) Constitution or establishment (of an office, institution, etc.). (b) Investment with a specified condition. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > institution or founding fasteningeOE stablishinga1300 groundingc1380 stablingc1380 ordinancec1384 establishingc1400 foundationc1400 fundament1440 stablishment1444 institutionc1460 upsetting1470 erection1508 instituting1534 foundingc1540 erecting1553 constitution1582 establishment1596 plantation1605 instauration1614 institute1641 bottoming1642 ordaining1643 settlement1646 planting1702 incardination1897 1508 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. 184 This mercyfull ereccion and buyldynge of crystes chirche. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 73/1 in Chron. I After the firste erection of the Scottishe kingdome. 1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 506 Erection into life. 1701 F. Atterbury Serm. House of Commons 10 From their [sc. the Jews'] first Erection into a People down to their Final Excision. 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iv. iii. 406 The Bull of Erection [of Bishopricks] was despatched. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1808) VIII. 187 Any capital innovation which may amount to the erection of a dangerous nuisance. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. x. 240 The statute..prohibits the erection of any such courts hereafter. 1885 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) 34 He consolidated his possessions by obtaining their erection into a barony. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1503
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