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单词 pollincture
释义

pollincturen.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pollinctura.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin pollinctura (a1554) < classical Latin pollinct- , past participial stem of pollingere to wash (a corpse) and prepare it for funeral (see pollinctor n.) + -ūra -ure suffix1. Compare earlier pollinctor n.
Obsolete. rare.
The action or an act of washing, anointing, or otherwise preparing a dead body for cremation or burial.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pollincture, the dressing, chesting, or embalming of dead bodies.
1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. iv. 188 The Man that had Skill to dissect Bodies in order to their Pollincture.
a1700 Inscr. in Churchyard, Tredington, Warwicks. in MS Let. 23 Dec. (1911) (O.E.D. Archive) If teares of friends may be a pollincture To make my Dust to after times endure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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