Infanto-mastixn.
A name given to St Augustine, in allusion to his belief that babies who died before they had been baptized would, on account of their participation in original sin, go to hell.Apparently an isolated use.
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1656 P. Heylyn Extraneus Vapulans 234 [St. Augustine] in condemning Infants unbaptized to the pains of Hell..incurred the name of Infanto-Mastix.
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n.1656- bring upon the lee
- bring witness
- bring word
- bring write word
- bring your heads together
- bring, call, come, stoop to lure
- bring, call, come, stoop to one's lure
- bring, call, come, stoop to the lure
- bring, carry more sacks to the mill
- bring, carry sacks to the mill
- bring, come, etc, to an upshot
- bring, come, etc, to the upshot
- bring, come, fall, etc into disfavour
- bring, come, grow into, go out of fashion
- bring, drive to scorn
- bring, drive, put, reduce to extremity or extremities
- bring, drive, put, reduce to the last extremity or extremities
- bring, get, haul, or put the tacks aboard
- bring, have under foot
- bring, make to shond
- bring, make, set at one
- bring, put an a tragedy on the stage
- bring, put an etc on the stage
- bring, put an opera on the stage
- bring, put on the stage