单词 | exauguration |
释义 | † exaugurationn. Obsolete. The action of unhallowing or making profane. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrilege > [noun] sacrilegea1300 sacrilegyc1380 pollutiona1382 violation1461 profanation1536 dishallowing1562 exauguration1600 desecrationa1717 profanement1815 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. lv. 38 The birds by signes..allowed the exauguration and unhallowing of all other cels and chappels. 1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. i. liii. 108 To these is added Exauguration, viz. when the rod fell out of the hand of the Augure. 1730 N. Bailey Dict. Britannicum 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1600 |
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