Meanings
noundefiguration (countable and uncountable, plural defigurations)
plural defigurations
- countableobsoleteuncountabledisfiguration; mutilation
Those ceremonies were prefigurations of Christ to come : these traditions are defigurations and deformations of Christ exhibited
1628, Joseph Hall, Christian Liberty Laid Forth
Origin
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APA
defiguration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defiguration
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“defiguration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defiguration. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “defiguration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defiguration.
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