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EXECRATION
execration
(noun) the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated
execration, condemnation, curse
(noun) an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium
(noun) hate coupled with disgust
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
execration (countable and uncountable, plural execrations)
An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
That which is execrated; a detested thing.
Anagrams
• excreation
Source: Wiktionary
Ex`e*cra"tion, n. Etym: [L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. exécration.]
1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak.
2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18.
Syn.
– See Malediction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
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