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attrectation

attrectation noun: frequent handling or touching; fingering.

Noun

attrectation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Frequent handling or touching; fingering.
    • [S]ince that materiall part and exteriour actions of Religion could be acted and perſonated by any man, there was ſcarce any thing left to make it religious, but the attrectation of the rites by a holy perſon; […]1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “Section I”, in Clerus Domini: or, A Discourse of the Divine Institution, Necessity, Sacrednesse, and Separation of the Office Ministerial. […], London: […] R[ichard] Royston...

Origin of attrectation

From Latin attrectatio, from ad + tractare (“to handle”).

Questions about attrectation

What does attrectation mean?
Attrectation means frequent handling or touching; fingering.
What part of speech is attrectation?
Attrectation is a noun.

Words near attrectation in the dictionary

  1. attrahents
  2. attrap
  3. attrapped
  4. attrapping
  5. attraps
  6. attrectation
  7. Attree
  8. Attri
  9. attrib
  10. attrib.
  11. attributability

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