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equiparation

equiparation noun: the transfer or imputation of attributes from one object or concept to another; the drawing of an equivalence between them.

Noun

equiparation (countable and uncountable, plural equiparations)

  1. (historical) The transfer or imputation of attributes from one object or concept to another; the drawing of an equivalence between them.
    • Lucas de Penna, by his quid pro quo method, thus arrived at an equiparation not only of Prince and bishop as the grooms of realm and diocese, but also of Prince and Christ.1965, Ernst Kantorowicz, The King’s Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology, page 216
    • One wonders whether such equiparations are sound. […] Essence and end cannot be identified, and one has to be careful how one connects them.1998, Cormac Burke, “Married Personalism and the ‘Good of the Spouses’”, in Angelicum, →JSTOR, page 256
  2. (broadly, rare) Comparison.

Forms of equiparation

pluralequiparations

Origin of equiparation

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin aequiparātiō, from aequiparō (“put on a level with, compare”) + -tiō (noun suffix), from aequus (“equal”) + parō (“place”). Equivalent to equiparate + -ion.

Questions about equiparation

What does equiparation mean?
Equiparation means the transfer or imputation of attributes from one object or concept to another; the drawing of an equivalence between them.
What part of speech is equiparation?
Equiparation is a noun.
What is the plural of equiparation?
The plural of equiparation is equiparations.

Words near equiparation in the dictionary

  1. equiparable
  2. equiparate
  3. equiparated
  4. equiparates
  5. equiparating
  6. equiparation
  7. equiparations
  8. equiparsimonious
  9. equipartition
  10. equipartitional
  11. equipartitioned

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