exspoliation
exspoliation noun: spoliation.
Noun
exspoliation (usually uncountable, plural exspoliations)
- Spoliation.
- If thou aspire to attain to the perfect knitting and union with God , know that it requireth a perfect exspoliation, and denudation, or bare nakedness, and utter forsaking of all sin, yea, of all creatures, and of thyself particularly: even that thy mind and understanding, thy affections and...1825, Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow), John Norman Pearson, The Whole Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, Robert Leighton, page 430
- The only reference in these laws to religion is the 58th: “De incendio Ecclesiae sive homicidiis clericorum,” which enacts that the burning or exspoliation of a church shall be compensated by a fine of two hundred sols.1868, Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, Proceedings - Volume 22, page 93
Examples of exspoliation in a sentence
- Fontenay wrote in stronger terms: " The most revolting abuse is the miserable exspoliation of the commendatory abbeys."1870, Sabine Baring Gould, In exitu Israel - Volume 1, page 212:
- The exspoliation of the indigenous population of Palestine at the hands of Zionists, with an obvious reliance on the biblical narrative, appears to leave the Academy untouched.2003, Thomas L. Thompson, Jerusalem in Ancient History and Tradition, page 38:
Forms of exspoliation
| plural | exspoliations |
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Origin of exspoliation
From Latin exspoliatio, from exspoliare (“to spoil, to plunder”), from ex (“out”) + spoliare. See spoliate.
Questions about exspoliation
- What does exspoliation mean?
- Exspoliation means spoliation.
- How do you use exspoliation in a sentence?
- Fontenay wrote in stronger terms: " The most revolting abuse is the miserable exspoliation of the commendatory abbeys."
- What part of speech is exspoliation?
- Exspoliation is a noun.
- What is the plural of exspoliation?
- The plural of exspoliation is exspoliations.
Words near exspoliation in the dictionary
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