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Definition of Impetration
1. n. The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.
Definition of Impetration
1. Noun. (obsolete) The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete UK legal) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impetration
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impetration
Literary usage of Impetration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man: Comprehending a Complete by Herman Witsius (1803)
"Nor do the Scriptures usually speak in any other .strain, when the subject is
evidently concerning impetration. 2dly, In the passages quoted we have a ..."
2. Principles of Christianity: Being an Essay Towards a More Correct by James Stuart (1888)
"The word cannot possibly be confined to what is usually spoken of as the impetration
of redemption ; there is, in fact, no such thing as the ..."
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