† exauctorationn.
Obsolete.
The action of ‘exauctorating’.
1. Discharge from military service.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun]
cassation1602
exauctorationa1654
muster out1889
general discharge1947
bowler-hatting1953
a1654 J. Richardson Choice Observ. & Explan. Old Test. (1655) 327 (T.) No discharge in that war..no dismission from it, no vacation, or exauctoration.
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. ii. ii. 30 Degradation..is founded on the Example of Military Exauctoration.
2. (a) Deprivation of office or authority; degradation. (b) Abolition (of an office); annulling (of authority).
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society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [noun] > deprivation of authority
exauctoration1625
exauthorization1640
exauctorating1648
1625 J. Donne First Serm. King Charles 17 Exautorations, and Excommunications amongst the Bishops.
1641 P. Heylyn Ἡρωολογια Anglorvm 155 On the exauctoration of Bishop Heath, it was assigned..to Master Hooper.
1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. xxi. 267 To protect and nourish those that will prove ministers of their [kings'] own exauctoration.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 308 Do not you think that those..went somewhat too far..in the exauthoration of Episcopal office and dignity.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 206 Deposition, Degradation, or Exauctoration..is..the removing of a Person from some Degree, Dignity, or Order in the Church.
1822 E. Nathan Langreath II. 271 I would have used my influence to have averted your exauctoration. [Said by a person fond of pedantic language.]
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 207 Little did Taylor forsee that to indiscreet avowals, like these,..the exauctorations of the Bishops..would be in no small portion attributable.
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