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absolviture

UK/æbˈsɒlvɪtjuːə/

absolviture noun: absolution. Also the obsolete spelling of absolvitor.

Noun

absolviture (uncountable)

  1. (rare) absolution
    • In Reſpect that the Provincial Aſſemblie of the Kirk gathered in Chriſt’s Name, holden at St. Andrews the Twelfth Day of April 1586, For manifeſt Crimes and open Contumacie, hath juſtly and formally according to the Word of God, and ſincere Cuſtom of this Kirk, excommunicated Mr. Patrick Adamſon...1586, “The Proteſtation of Mr. Andrew Hunter, againſt the abſolving the Biſhop of St. Andrews, without Repentance”, reprinted as addendum A in Memoirs of the Church of Scotland (1717) by Daniel...

Also used as

absolviture is also the obsolete spelling of absolvitor.

Forms of absolviture

alternative formabsolvitur

Origin of absolviture

From the stem of Latin absolvō (“I absolve, acquit, or declare innocent”) + -ure (suffix forming nouns denoting actions or processes, or the result or product thereof).

See absolvitor.

Questions about absolviture

What does absolviture mean?
Absolviture means absolution.
What part of speech is absolviture?
Absolviture is a noun.
How do you pronounce absolviture?
Absolviture is pronounced /æbˈsɒlvɪtjuːə/ (UK).

Words near absolviture in the dictionary

  1. absolvings
  2. absolvitor
  3. absolvitors
  4. absolvitory
  5. absolvitur
  6. absolviture
  7. Abson
  8. absonant
  9. absonous
  10. absorb
  11. absorb oneself in

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