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sumptions

sumptions is the plural of sumption.

Meaning of sumption

Noun

sumption (plural sumptions)

  1. (rare) A taking.
    • Now St. Clement, proving by Christ's sumption of the eucharist, that he did drink wine, must mean the sacramental symbol to be truly wine, […]1653 (indicated as 1654), “The Real Presence and Spiritual of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, Proved against the Doctrine of Transubstantiation. Section XII. Transubstantiation was Not the Doctrine...
  2. (obsolete) The major premise of a syllogism.

Questions about sumptions

What is sumptions the plural of?
Sumptions is the plural of sumption.

Words near sumptions in the dictionary

  1. sumpter horses
  2. sumpters
  3. sumptin
  4. sumptin'
  5. sumption
  6. sumptions
  7. sumptiously
  8. sumptuaries
  9. sumptuarily
  10. sumptuary
  11. sumptuary law

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