impetration

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English

Etymology

From Latin impetrātiō: compare French impétration.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪmpɪˈtɹeɪʃən/

Noun

impetration (countable and uncountable, plural impetrations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.
    • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). An Exposition of the Lord's Prayer”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. , volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A J Valpy, , published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
      In way of impetration procuring the removal or allevation of our crosses.
  2. (obsolete, UK, law) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “impetration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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