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cruciation

cruciation noun: torture or torment.

Noun

cruciation (usually uncountable, plural cruciations)

  1. (obsolete, usually) torture or torment
    • a God that delights more in the prosperity of his saints than in the cruciation and howling of his enemiesa. 1656, Joseph Hall, The Soul's Farewell to Earth
    • Perhaps the brain was the soul, and instead of the soul leaving the body, it remained with it; and by feeling and knowing all the horrors the body was subjected to, suffered for the sins it had committed on earth.
      What had I ever done that I should undergo this cruciation?1888, John Filmore Sherry, Phosphor: An Ischian Mystery

Forms of cruciation

pluralcruciations

Origin of cruciation

Latin cruciatio.

Questions about cruciation

What does cruciation mean?
Cruciation means torture or torment.
What part of speech is cruciation?
Cruciation is a noun.
What is the plural of cruciation?
The plural of cruciation is cruciations.

Words near cruciation in the dictionary

  1. cruciate sulcus
  2. cruciated
  3. cruciately
  4. cruciates
  5. cruciating
  6. cruciation
  7. cruciations
  8. crucible
  9. Crucible curse
  10. crucible steel
  11. crucible steels

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