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constupration

constupration noun: the act of ravishing; violation or defilement.

Noun

constupration (countable and uncountable, plural constuprations)

  1. (archaic) The act of ravishing; violation or defilement.
    • Had not that constupration been partly violent, their punishment had not been so easy1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC
    • constupration of Nuns1817, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, British Monarchism

Forms of constupration

pluralconstuprations

Questions about constupration

What does constupration mean?
Constupration means the act of ravishing; violation or defilement.
What part of speech is constupration?
Constupration is a noun.
What is the plural of constupration?
The plural of constupration is constuprations.

Words near constupration in the dictionary

  1. constult
  2. constuprate
  3. constuprated
  4. constuprates
  5. constuprating
  6. constupration
  7. constuprations
  8. consubgeneric
  9. consubsist
  10. consubsisted
  11. consubsistence

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