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English
Etymology
From Middle English amplexion, from Latin amplexiō. By surface analysis, amplex + -ion.
Noun
amplexion (plural amplexions)
- Alternative form of amplection
Middle English
Noun
amplexion
- 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."