DEPRIVATIONS

Noun

deprivations

plural of deprivation

Source: Wiktionary


DEPRIVATION

Dep`ri*va"tion, n. Etym: [LL. deprivatio.]

1. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

2. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.

3. (Eccl. Law)

Definition: the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.

Note: Deprivation may be a beneficio or ab officio; the first takes away the living, the last degrades and deposes from the order.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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