What does humicubation mean?
Humicubation means (obsolete) The act or practice of lying on the ground..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) The act or practice of lying on the ground..
He is afraid, that this Doctrine of fasting, and mourning, and tears, and humicubation, and sackcloth, and ashes, pertaineth to the establishment of Romish pennance.
The χαμολνία, Humicubation, lying upon ground, &c. which things have been overacted, and still are in the Greek and Roman Churches.
For humicubation we have David's example, ‘And David fasted a fast, and went in and lay all night upon the earth.’
Use humicubation when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Humicubation means (obsolete) The act or practice of lying on the ground..
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He is afraid, that this Doctrine of fasting, and mourning, and tears, and humicubation, and sackcloth, and ashes, pertaineth to the establishment of Romish pennance.
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