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substration|səbˈstreɪʃən|
[ad. late L. substrātio, -ōnem, n. of action f. substrāt-, substernĕre (see substrate a.).]
†1. The prostration of the class of penitents known as substrati; also, the place where these penitents knelt. Obs.
1659H. L'Estrange Alliance Div. Off. 320 This place was called ὑποπτωσις Substration, because there they did..throw themselves down to receive the Priests blessing. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 254 The different degrees of Penitential Fletion, Audition, Substration and Consistence, or Standing together with the Orthodox Flock.
2. A hypothesis.
1830Blackw. Mag. XXVIII. 256 Theory is = Ordination. Hypothesis is = Substration. |