humicubation
humicubation noun: the act or practice of lying on the ground.
Noun
humicubation (countable and uncountable, plural humicubations)
- The act or practice of lying on the ground.
- He is afraid, that this Doctrine of fasting, and mourning, and tears, and humicubation, and sackcloth, and ashes, pertaineth to the establishment of Romish pennance.1678, John Bramhall, The Works of the most Reverend Father in God, John Bramhall, D.D. The Late Lord Archbishop of Ardmagh, Primate and Metropolitan of all Ireland, volume III, Dublin: Benjamin...
- The χαμολνία, Humicubation, lying upon ground, &c. which things have been overacted, and still are in the Greek and Roman Churches.1695, John Whitefoot, A Discourse upon I. Peter IV. VIII., Cambridge: John Hayes, page 16
Forms of humicubation
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Origin of humicubation
From Latin humus (“the ground”) + cubare (“to lie down”).
Questions about humicubation
- What does humicubation mean?
- Humicubation means the act or practice of lying on the ground.
- What part of speech is humicubation?
- Humicubation is a noun.
- What is the plural of humicubation?
- The plural of humicubation is humicubations.
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