occecation
noun/ˌɒksɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology From Latin occaecatio, from occaecare (“to make blind”), from ob + caecare (“to blind”), from caecus (“blind”).
1
Obsolete The act of making blind
2
The state of being blind.
- It is an addition to the misery of this inward occecation.17th century, Joseph Hall, Meditations (possibly?)