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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin terriculāmentum.
Noun
terriculament (plural terriculaments)
- (obsolete) A source of unnecessary or uncontrollable fear.
1589, William Fulke, Confutation of the Rhemish New Testament (Annotation on Hebrews 10:31:[…] the paines of purgatorie are but a vaine terriculament, to make men pay deere for popish masses, merites, satisfactions and pardons.
- , (1832 publication):
- any times such terriculaments may proceed from natural causes, and all other senses may be deluded.
References
- The Fulke and Burton quotations originally appeared here.