avision
avision noun: a vision of a prophetic or admonitory nature.
Noun
avision (plural avisions)
- A vision of a prophetic or admonitory nature.
- When the Emperour with great humilitie had thus earnestly prayed, the same night after, by the great mercy of God, an auision was shewed vnto hym to his comforte. Wherin it séemed, that [302] béeing solemnly cited to appere, he heard a voyce from heauen, as it were of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst...1572, Edward Cradock, The shippe of assured safetie, page 460
- Obelisci or Pyramids[…]The First of them was instituted by Mitres[…]being commanded by avision to make it[…]a. 1581, Polydore Vergil, translated by Thomas Langley, De rerum inventoribus, published 1686, page 90
Forms of avision
| plural | avisions |
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Origin of avision
From Middle English avisioun, from Old French avision.
Questions about avision
- What does avision mean?
- Avision means a vision of a prophetic or admonitory nature.
- What part of speech is avision?
- Avision is a noun.
- What is the plural of avision?
- The plural of avision is avisions.
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