disceptation
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪsɛpˈteɪʃən/
Noun
disceptation (countable and uncountable, plural disceptations)
- (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- 1721, John Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials; Relating Chiefly to Religion, and the Reformation of It, and the Emergencies of the Church of England, under King Henry VIII. King Edward VI. and Queen Mary the First. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] John Wyat, […], →OCLC:
- verbose janglings and endless disceptations
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References
- “disceptation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.