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exsufflations

exsufflations is the plural of exsufflation.

Meaning of exsufflation

Noun

exsufflation (plural exsufflations)

  1. (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
    • The next is when it will fly upwards over the helm by a kind of exsufflation without vapouring1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
  2. (obsolete) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
    • the Ceremony of Exsufflation, for ejecting of the Devil1655, Jeremy Taylor, Unum Necessarium
  3. (obsolete) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.

Questions about exsufflations

What is exsufflations the plural of?
Exsufflations is the plural of exsufflation.

Words near exsufflations in the dictionary

  1. exsufflate
  2. exsufflated
  3. exsufflates
  4. exsufflating
  5. exsufflation
  6. exsufflations
  7. exsufflicate
  8. Exsultet
  9. exsuscitate
  10. exsuscitates
  11. exsuscitation

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