† devocationn.
Obsolete.
A calling down or away.
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1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii A Calling downe, deuocation.
1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen in Phœnix (1721) I. 33 All corporeal Pleasure having something of Confusion and Disturbance in it, together with a strong magical Devocation of the Animadversion of the sense of it.
1681 H. Hallywell Melampronoea 96 To be freed and released from all its [sc. sorcery's] Blandishments and flattering Devocations.
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