amplexion

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English

Etymology

From Middle English amplexion, from Latin amplexiō. By surface analysis, amplex +‎ -ion.

Noun

amplexion (plural amplexions)

  1. Alternative form of amplection

Middle English

Noun

amplexion

  1. Alternative form of amplection
    • 1483 [1474], William Caxton, edited by Jenny Adams, The Game and Playe of the Chesse, Medieval Institute Publications, published 2009:
      And she shold sitte on the lift side of the kyng, for the amplexions and enbrasynges of her husbond, like as it is sayd in Scripture in the Canticles: “Her lifte arme shal be under my heed, and her right arme shal beclyppe and enbrace me."