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decumbitures

decumbitures is the plural of decumbiture.

Meaning of decumbiture

Noun

decumbiture (plural decumbitures)

  1. (obsolete) The fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness.
    • It happened during my tedious and melancholy decumbiture...1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 34
  2. (historical) The time one takes to one's bed during an illness, as used for astrological prognostications; or a chart drawn up to express this.
    • By casting a figure for the decumbiture, or moment when the patient felt ill, and by resolving a question on the sight of his urine, the astrological doctor claimed to be able to diagnose the disease, prescribe the treatment, foretell when the sickness would reach its crisis, and prognosticate its...1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 277

Questions about decumbitures

What is decumbitures the plural of?
Decumbitures is the plural of decumbiture.

Words near decumbitures in the dictionary

  1. decumbence
  2. decumbency
  3. decumbent
  4. decumbently
  5. decumbiture
  6. decumbitures
  7. decumulate
  8. decumulated
  9. decumulates
  10. decumulating
  11. decumulation

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