Constupration
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Constupration is a noun meaning (archaic) The act of ravishing; violation or defilement.
Meaning
(archaic) The act of ravishing; violation or defilement.
Example Sentences
constupration of Nuns
Had not that constupration been partly violent, their punishment had not been so easy
I will neither see my native city demolished and burnt, nor the matrons, virgins, and free-born youths of Campania dragged to constupration.
Word Forms
- constuprations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include upstir, extruction, consopiation, commixtion, compotation, concoction.
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