Lexic.us

Definition of Abjection

1. Noun. A low or downcast state. "Each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"

Definition of Abjection

1. n. The act of bringing down or humbling.

Definition of Abjection

1. Noun. The act of bringing down or humbling; casting off; casting out. ¹

2. Noun. The state of being rejected or downcast. degradation; humiliation. ¹

3. Noun. A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. ¹

4. Noun. (context: biology mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Abjection

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abjection

Literary usage of Abjection

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and by Humphrey Prideaux (1799)
"... with him. kings could ever bring into 1 abjection to mem;, While he continued at Babylon (which was near the fjw* of a whole year), he projected many ..."

2. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"... not of honour, but of abjection; of greater abjection than the like title given to Ezekiel, not by himself, but by the angels: and yet Ezekiel is called ..."

3. The works of Thomas Jackson by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"... not of honour, but of abjection; of greater abjection than the like title given to Ezekiel, not by himself, but by the angels: and yet Ezekiel is called ..."

4. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"(b) The Inner Peristome serves also for the abjection of the Spores. This is observed in a number of Bryaceae, Hypnaceae, and Mniaceae (Fig. 127). ..."

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