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prensations

prensations is the plural of prensation.

Meaning of prensation

Noun

prensation (countable and uncountable, plural prensations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of seizing with violence; seizure
    • [B]y ambitious prenſations, by Simoniacal corruptions, by political bandyings, by popular factions, by all kinds of ſiniſter vvays, men crept into the place, doth appear by thoſe many diſmal Schiſms, […]a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “[The V. [Supposition] that the Bishops of Rome (According to God’s Institution and by Original Right Derived thence) should have an Universal Supremacy and...

Questions about prensations

What is prensations the plural of?
Prensations is the plural of prensation.

Words near prensations in the dictionary

  1. prenouns
  2. prenoverine
  3. prenoxdiazine
  4. PRENs
  5. prensation
  6. prensations
  7. prentice
  8. prenticed
  9. prentices
  10. prenticeship
  11. prenticeships

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