ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Exanimation

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Exanimation is a noun meaning (obsolete) Deprivation of life or spirits.

Meaning

(obsolete) Deprivation of life or spirits.

Example Sentences

Must you take the girl from the temple? Always, ere this, you have contented yourself with the brief loan that the priests allow, and have rendered back the dead in the required state of exanimation.
The second [blast of the trumpet] they denominate the blast of exanimation; when all creatures both in heaven and earth shall die, or be annihilated, except those which God shall please to exempt from the common fate.

Synonyms for exanimation

Depending on context, synonyms include lifelessness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vivicremation, vivisepulture, death, sexorcism, liquidation, electrocution.

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