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defension|dɪˈfɛnʃən|
Also 6 -syon, -cion.
[ad. L. dēfensiōn-em, n. of action from dēfendĕre to defend. Cf. OF. defension, -siun (11–16th c. in Godef.).]
†1. = defence; protection, vindication, etc.
1382Wyclif Ecclus. xlviii. 7 Domes of defensioun [1388 defence]. 14..Balade, IX Ladies Worthie (Chaucer's Wks. 1561), Against the proud Grekes made defencion With her victorious hand. 1514R. Pace in Fiddes Wolsey ii. (1726) 203 In the defension of your gracis causis. a1555Philpot Exam. & Writ. (Parker Soc.) 325 The just defension against his unjust accusation.
2. In R.C. Colleges: The formal defence of a thesis or proposition as an academic exercise.
1563Foxe A. & M. 862 a, He withstandeth the Popes Supremacie..in his disputations and defensions. 16..W. Blundell in Crosby Records 175 My said brother did make his public defension of Philosophy in the Roman college. 1862F. C. Husenbeth Life J. Milner 8 He never taught in the Schools, nor made any public defensions. 1886J. Gillow Lit. Hist. Eng. Catholics II. 458 This defension took place in the palace of Cardinal Guise.
Hence † deˈfensional a., pertaining to defence.
1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. III. 682 The arsenal, the defensional office [at Freiburg, Switzerland]. |