EXECRATIONS

Noun

execrations

plural of execration

Anagrams

• excreations

Source: Wiktionary


EXECRATION

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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