afflation
/əˈfleɪʃn/noun
A breeze or blast of air, an act of blowing; (chiefly figurative ) an instance of divine or spiritual communication; an inspiration; compare afflatus.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Newton (d. 1607), translator and Church of England clergyman. From post-classical Latin afflation-, afflatio action of blowing upon, inspiration from classical Latin afflāt-, past participial stem of afflāre + -iō.
- lay something down
- lay something in/up
- lay something off
- lay something on
- lay something on the table
- lay something on thick (or with a trowel)
- lay something out
- lay something (to) waste
- lay something up
- lay store by
- Layton
- lay up
- lay waste to (or lay something (to) waste)
- laywoman
- lazar
- lazaret
- lazarette
- lazaretto
- Lazarist
- Lazarus, Emma
- laze
- lazily
- laziness
- Lazio
- lazuli