eluctation

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noun

A struggling out of any difficulty.

“July 1, 1627, John Donne, Sermon preached at Chilsey if I be with him in his afflictions, I shall be with him in his eluctations, in his victory, in his triumph”

OriginLatin eluctatio →
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Meanings

nouneluctation (countable and uncountable, plural eluctations)

plural eluctations

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableA struggling out of any difficulty.

    July 1, 1627, John Donne, Sermon preached at Chilsey if I be with him in his afflictions, I shall be with him in his eluctations, in his victory, in his triumph

    2 more examples

    Ye do, in common, sue to God for us, as your poor fellow-members, for our happy eluctation out of those miseries and temptations

    1651 (indicated as 1652), Joseph Hall, “The Invisible World Discovered to Spiritual Eyes, and Reduced to Useful Meditation. […]”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D. […], volume VI (Devotional Works), London: […] C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Williams and Smith, […], published 1808, →OCLC

    There is nothing more acceptable unto the ingenious world than this noble eluctation of truth

    1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici

Origin

  1. Latineluctatio
  2. Englisheluctation

From Latin eluctatio.

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