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obsignation

obsignation noun: the act of sealing or ratifying.

Noun

obsignation (countable and uncountable, plural obsignations)

  1. The act of sealing or ratifying.
    • You seem in your letter to make the principal end and effect of all sacraments to be obsignation, and all sacraments to be merely obsignatory signs […]1643, Samuel Ward, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
  2. Confirmation, as by the Holy Spirit.
    • , "On the Spirit of Grace"
      The spirit of manifestation will but upbraid you in the shame and horror of a sad eternity, if you have not the spirit of obsignation.

Forms of obsignation

pluralobsignations

Origin of obsignation

Latin obsignatio.

Questions about obsignation

What does obsignation mean?
Obsignation means the act of sealing or ratifying.
What part of speech is obsignation?
Obsignation is a noun.
What is the plural of obsignation?
The plural of obsignation is obsignations.

Words near obsignation in the dictionary

  1. obsign
  2. obsignate
  3. obsignated
  4. obsignates
  5. obsignating
  6. obsignation
  7. obsignations
  8. obsignatory
  9. obsigned
  10. obsigning
  11. obsigns

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