consignation

English edit

Etymology edit

Latin cōnsignātiō (“written proof, document”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnsɪɡˈneɪʃən/
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Noun edit

consignation (countable and uncountable, plural consignations)

The act of consigning.
- 1651, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying:
  So is despair a certain consignation to eternal ruin.
(obsolete) The act of ratifying or establishing, as if signing; confirmation.
- 1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper:
  A direct consignation of pardon.
(obsolete) A stamp; an indication.
- 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC:
  , "Of Growth in Sin"
  The most certain consignations of an excellent virtue.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “consignation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)