afflations

Noun

afflation (plural afflations)

1. A blowing or breathing on.
   • At 100 ° F. and in a perfectly damp atmosphere, there occurs an absolute stagnation of the air surrounding the living body: but as air of that temperature is never naturally saturated with moisture. afflation still affords relief by applying air capable of dissolving the animal perspiration, and...1829, D. Butter, “On Public Health in India”, in Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta, page 140
2. Spiritual inspiration.
   • but on the other side, the frequent testimonies of the Spirit's revealing by way of prophetic afflation, who should be set appart for the offices of the church, are evidences that it was so here.1845, Henry Hammond, A Paraphrase and Annotations upon all the books of The New Testament
3. Enthusiasm; strength of feeling; emotionality.
   • These Memoirs are introduced by a Preface written by the Author's brother, with considerable elegance and feeling, though by no means devoid of that afflation of style and display of sentiment, which are the great defects of modern Irish eloquence.·1816, The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Volume 5, page 498
4. A pneumotoxic infection.
   • Regarding the afflation of pharyngeal lymphoids, simple as all agree that this is in skilled hands, opinions differ widely as to the best technique.1906, “Tonsils, True and False; Including their Bloodless Removal”, in The Pacific Dental Gazette