impetrationn.
/ɪmpɪˈtreɪʃən/ The action of impetrating.
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a. The action of obtaining or procuring by request or entreaty. (Chiefly Theology.)
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > by asking or entreaty
impetration1518
1518 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. 10 Dec. (Jam. Suppl.) For the impetracioun of quhatsumeuir priuilege or fredomes thocht to thame profitable.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. IIIiiv Impetracion is the opteynyng of the peticion.
1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace To Rdr. sig. b2v The former part contains the method of grace in the impetration thereof by Jesus Christ.
1855 F. W. Faber Growth in Holiness (ed. 2) xv. 271 No prayer has such a power of impetration as that which comes from a will conformed to the will of God.
b. Law. The obtaining (of a writ).
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > seeking to obtain writ > obtaining of writ
impetrationa1648
a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 264 The said Cardinall did not know the impetration of the said Bulls to have been to the contempt and prejudice of the King.
1798 J. Root Rep. Superior Court & Supreme Court of Errors 1 54 That more than three years had elapsed from rendering the judgment complained of, and the date and impetration of the plaintiff's writ.
c. ‘The pre-obtaining of church benefices in England from the court of Rome, which belonged to the gift and disposition of the king, and other lay-patrons of this realm’ (Tomlins Law Dict.).
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society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] > preobtaining of benefices from court of Rome
impetration1484
1363 Act 38 Edw. III Stat. 11 Aussi des impetracions & provisions, faites en meisme la Courte de Rome, des benefices & offices desglise appertenantz a la donacion..notre dit st. le Roi.]
1484 Sc. Acts Jas. III (1814) 166 (Jam.) Anent impetraciouns made in the Court of Rome in contrare our souuerane lordis priuilege.
1494 Sc. Acts Jas. IV (1597) §53 The impetration and purchasing at the court of Rome benefices electiue.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 7 That..penalties..should be attached to all impetration of benefices from Rome by purchase or otherwise.
2. Petition, entreaty, supplication, request.
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the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty
halsingc825
bisocnea1250
beseechinga1300
scritha1325
adjurementa1382
obsecrationa1382
supplication1417
jurationc1425
treatyc1450
treatise1470
entreatya1530
obtestation1531
entreat1532
greetc1540
entreature?1548
supplicamusa1580
treat1601
beseech1609
instant1610
impetration1618
solicit1639
entreatment1825
plea1925
1292 Britton i. xxxii. §23 Par diligentes impetraciouns ad il esté..demaundé; transl. for that by continual claims he has been..demanded.]
1618 T. Gainsford True Hist. P. Warbeck 20 The king went thither [to Our Lady of Walsingham] for the impetration of prosperity, in his affaires, and ouerthrow and dissipation of his enemies.
1650 C. Elderfield Civil Right Tythes 212 He should..reap some fruit of his own successful impetration.
1798 W. Wilberforce Let. to Han. More in R. I. Wilberforce & S. Wilberforce Life W. Wilberforce (1838) II. 301 I have before expressed..my earnest impetration that you would bear in mind [etc.].
1873 B. Gregory Holy Catholic Church xvii. 196 Christ's own impetration..‘That they all may be one’..must yet be answered.
1897 Maitland in Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. 634 In the letter of ‘impetration’ that he [a litigant in the ecclesiastical courts] sent to Rome he named the persons whose appointment he desired.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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