consignation
English
Etymology
Latin cōnsignātiō (“written proof, document”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɒnsɪɡˈneɪʃən/
Noun
consignation (countable and uncountable, plural consignations)
- The act of consigning.
- 1651, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying
- So is despair a certain consignation to eternal ruin.
- 1651, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying
- (obsolete) The act of ratifying or establishing, as if signing; confirmation.
- 1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper
- A direct consignation of pardon.
- 1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper
- (obsolete) A stamp; an indication.
- 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, OCLC 1051524189:, "Of Growth in Sin"
- The most certain consignations of an excellent virtue.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for consignation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- nonagonistic
French
Etymology
From Latin consignatio.
Pronunciation
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Noun
consignation f (plural consignations)
- consignation
Further reading
- “consignation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.