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proscription|prəʊˈskrɪpʃən|
[ad. L. prōscriptiōn-em, n. of action f. prōscrīb-ĕre to proscribe. Cf. F. proscription (1486 in Godef.).]
1. The action of proscribing; the condition or fact of being proscribed; decree of condemnation to death or banishment; outlawry. Also fig.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 443 In þat tyme [in] Engelond was robberie under kyng William þe Rede, and proscripciouns and excilinges and takynge into [the] kynges hond. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy iv. xxxiv. (MS. Digby 230) lf. 159/1 Exile, werre, cheynes, and presoun, Proscripcioun and captiuite. a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) B viij, The tyme of Sylla, whan he made the vniuersall proscription agaynste the Marians. 1600J. Dymmok Ireland (1843) 14 This cuntry..was very well quieted by a proscription of the O'Connors made by the erle of Kildare. 1738Bolingbroke On Parties Ded. 16 To hang up the Tables of Proscription, without the Power of sending Centurions to cut off every Head that wears a Face disliked at Court, would be Madness in a Prince. 1874Green Short Hist. ix. §8. 675 William..was resolved that no bloodshed or proscription should follow the revolution.
2. Denunciation, interdiction, prohibition by authority; exclusion or rejection by public order.
1659in Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 284 The saving of their rights is the clear proscription of their rights. 1775Johnson Tax. no Tyr. 62 A proscription published by a Colony against the Mother-country. 1854Milman Lat. Chr. iv. vii. (1864) II. 342 Iconoclasm..was a mere negative doctrine, a proscription of those sentiments which had full possession of the popular mind. 1877C. Geikie Christ liii. (1879) 627 A land afflicted by social proscription. |