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单词 afflation
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afflationn.

Brit. /əˈfleɪʃn/, U.S. /əˈfleɪʃən/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin afflation-, afflatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin afflation-, afflatio action of blowing upon (4th cent.), inspiration (6th cent.) < classical Latin afflāt- , past participial stem of afflāre afflate v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Middle French afflacion act of blowing upon (15th cent. in afflacion de vens blowing of the wind), Middle French, French afflation act of blowing upon, inspiration (1548 to end of 16th cent., subsequently from 1866).
A breeze or blast of air, an act of blowing; (chiefly figurative) an instance of divine or spiritual communication; an inspiration; cf. afflatus n. 1. Also as a mass noun.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun]
lightOE
lightingOE
inspiration1303
illuminationsc1340
inyettingc1340
revelationc1384
oraclec1425
revealingc1429
informationc1450
infusionc1450
illustrationc1480
gospel1481
aspirationc1534
illuminating1561
afflation1576
entheos1594
enthusiasm1595
flame-light1611
illapse1614
inspirement1616
spiration1629
respirationa1631
irradiation1631
income1647
afflatus1649
theopneustian1660
entheasm1752
prana1785
inflation1835
theopneusty1847
inflatusa1861
theopneustia1894
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [noun] > infusion
shedding1398
influencec1430
infusionc1450
inflowing1530
infounding1532
afflation1576
influxion1605
influx1626
information1630
inspiration1651
overshadowing1665
influct1675
bedewmenta1680
inflow1848
1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. f. 56v The Ayre..either corrupteth or els refresheth the spyrites within, sometime wt corrupt and stinking sauour, and sometyme wyth holesome and sweete afflation.
1613 H. Ainsworth Animadversion R. Clyftons Advt. 68 After that comes Exsufflation or blowing of the Divils away, & an afflation of the good spirit in their sted.
1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. §1. 32 This [piety]..is an afflation of the blessed Spirit.
1731 E. Underhill Remarks upon Plea for Human Reason 34 I have indeed read of sundry Sorts of Inspiration, Afflation, Enthusiasm.
1798 Brit. Critic Mar. 279 Every man..feels himself called upon to assume the mission of a reformer; as it were by the afflation of some false and lying spirit.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. iv. 36 Diversly Partaking of sweet life, as more or less Afflation of eternal bliss pervades them.
1840 R. Emerson tr. G. F. Wiggers Hist. Presentation Augustinism & Pelagianism i. 23 Augustine received as sacraments the exorcism, afflation, and the renunciation of the devil, then practiced at baptism.
1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 111 But there was a new afflation—An aura zephyring round, That care infected not.
a1963 A. B. Kuhn Rebirth for Christianity (1970) iv. 28 A release of pietistic fervor that swept reason aside and produced an afflation of religious zeal unique in world history.
2003 S. B. Nuland Lost in Amer. ii. 16 Its [sc. a perfume factory's] sickening, sweetish afflation would not have been tolerated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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