consignation
noun/ˌkɒnsɪɡˈneɪʃən/
Etymology From Latin cōnsignātiō (“written proof, document”).
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The act of consigning.
- So is despair a certain consignation to eternal ruin.1651, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying:
- Now there are some that have understood that this state of happiness, and this state of misery of the soul, before the resurrection, was a first resurrection. Yea, I admit it may be termed a resurrection; the raising of the spirit or the soul, and their consignation to happiness or misery, according to the words which have been spoken.1830, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, Alma:Chapter 19:
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- military consignations and the holding ready of troops are almost uniformly resorted to during great strikes.1917, Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht (original), translator anonymous, Militarism:
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Obsolete The act of ratifying or establishing; confirmation.
- [W]e may look upon the tradition of the holy Sacramental Symbols as a direct conſignation of pardon; […]1660, Jeremy Taylor, “Of the Nature, Excellencies, Uses and Intention of the Holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper. Sect[ion] V. Practical Conclusions from the Preceding Discourses.”, in The Worthy Communicant or A Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings Consequent to the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper […], London: […] R. Norton for John Martyn, James Allestry, and Thomas Dicas […], published 1661, →OCLC, page 105:
- A terrible thought seized me. Perhaps he had not made his escape! I cast one glance at the burning pile, and, to my consignation, beheld the flames already bursting from the roof.1850, Emerson Bennett (debated authorship), The Prairie Flower; Or:
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Obsolete A stamp; an indication.
- , "Of Growth in Sin" The most certain consignations of an excellent virtue.