propassionn.
/ˈprəʊˌpaʃn/, U.S. /ˈproʊˌpæʃ(ə)n/ Now rare.
A feeling that precedes or anticipates passion; the first stirring of a passion; esp. an emotion as experienced by Jesus.
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the mind > emotion > passion > [noun] > feeling that precedes passion
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1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas 640 They were rather propassions & entrances into passion than passions, rather infirmities than iniquities.
1615 Bp. J. Hall Farewell Serm. in Recoll. Treat. 681 As death, so passions are the companions of infirmity; whereupon some that haue beene too nice, haue called those which were incident into Christ, Propassions.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. 122 Not the first motions are forbidden, the pro-passions, and sudden and irresistible alterations.
1689 J. Flavell Englands Duty vi. 191 In his bitter propassions in the Garden; O what Agonies and Conflicts..did his Soul there meet with.
a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. iii. 234 For a wise man should not be without his passions, but above them... Keep a steady hand, regulated and free from excess; for so did our Lord and Master; and therefore have divines called them propassions.
1876 H. E. Manning Glories of Sacred Heart ix. 266 All those pro-passions, as they are called—because the Church never speaks of passions when it speaks of the Sacred Heart.
2000 S. Knuuttila in G. Holmstom-Hintikka Medieval Philos. & Mod. Times 93 As far as Augustine deals with emotions as propassions, his attitude towards them is mainly negative.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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