ablegation

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noun

Expulsion; banishment.

OriginLatin ablēgātio →
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Meanings

nounablegation (plural ablegations)

plural ablegations

  1. obsoleteExpulsion; banishment.

    Now of all Passions whatever, excess of Desire is fittest for this more harmless and momentary Ablegation of the Soul from the Body

    1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul

Origin

  1. Latinablēgātio“a sending away, banishment”
  2. Englishablegation

From Latin ablēgātio (“a sending away, banishment”).

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Translations

Italian ablegazione
  • ablegazioneexpulsion, banishment
Portuguese ablegação, banimento
  • ablegaçãoexpulsion, banishment
  • banimentoexpulsion, banishment
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