discumbency
/dɪˈskʌmb(ə)nsi/Now rare
noun
Recumbent position or posture.
- Chiefly used in discussions of the dining practices of the ancient Jews, especially with reference to how the apostles were seated at the Last Supper..
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Browne (1605–1682), physician and author. From discumbent: see -ency.
- ex-serviceman
- ex-servicewoman
- ex silentio
- exsolution
- exsolve
- exsufflation
- ext.
- extant
- extemporaneous
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- extemporaneousness
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- extemporary
- extempore
- extemporise
- extemporization
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- extend
- extendability
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- extended
- extended family
- extended-play
- extender