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† exauctoˈration Obs.
Also 7 exaut(h)oration.
[as if ad. L. *exauctōrātiōn-em, n. of action f. exauctōrāre: see prec. Cf. Fr. exauthoration (Cotgr.).]
The action of ‘exauctorating’.
1. Discharge from military service.
a1654Bp. J. Richardson Observ. Old Test. 327 (T.) No discharge in that war..no dismission from it, no vacation, or exauctoration. 1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C. I. ii. ii. 30 Degradation..is founded on the Example of Military Exauctoration.
2. a. Deprivation of office or authority; degradation. b. Abolition (of an office); annulling (of authority).
1625Donne Serm. 3 Apr. 17 Exautorations and Excommunications amongst the Bishops. 1641Heylin Help to Hist. (1671) 156 On the exauctoration of Bishop Heath, it was assigned..to Master Hooper. 1651Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year i. xxi. 267 To protect and nourish those that will prove ministers of their [kings'] own exauctoration. a1656Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 308 Do not you think that those..went somewhat too far..in the exauthoration of Episcopal office and dignity. 1726Ayliffe Parerg. 206 Deposition, Degradation, or Exauctoration..is..the removing of a Person from some Degree, Dignity, or Order in the Church. 1822E. Nathan Langreath II. 271, I would have used my influence to have averted your exauctoration. [Said by a person fond of pedantic language.] 1834Coleridge Lit. Rem. III. 207 Little did Taylor forsee that to indiscreet avowals like these..the exauctorations of the Bishops..would be in no small portion attributable. |