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execrations

execrations is the plural of execration.

Meaning of execration

Noun

execration (countable and uncountable, plural execrations)

  1. An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
    • He inveighed againſt the Folly of making oneſelf liable for the Debts of others; vented many bitter Execrations againſt the Brother; and concluded with wiſhing ſomething could be done for the unfortunate Family.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter VIII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume V, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book XIII, page 72
  2. That which is execrated; a detested thing.
    • For thus ſaith the Lord of hoſts the God of Israel, As mine anger and my furie hath beene powred foorth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem: ſo ſhall my furie bee powred foorth upon you, when yee shall enter into Egypt: and ye ſhall be an execration, and an aſtoniſhment, and a curſe, and a reproch...1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 42:18

Questions about execrations

What is execrations the plural of?
Execrations is the plural of execration.

Words near execrations in the dictionary

  1. execrate
  2. execrated
  3. execrates
  4. execrating
  5. execration
  6. execrations
  7. execrative
  8. execratively
  9. execratives
  10. execrator
  11. execrators

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