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† diˈscumbency Obs. [f. discumbent, after L. type *discumbentia: see -ency.] Discumbent condition; the reclining posture at meals.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. vi. 243 This discumbency at meales was in use in the days of our Saviour. 1682–3Case Indiff. Things 11 The Jews..did eat in the posture of discumbency. 1737Stackhouse Hist. Bible, N.T. (1765) II. viii. iv. 149 note, They used this posture of discumbency and especially at the pascal supper. |