exauthoration

English

Etymology

From Latin exauctoratio.

Noun

exauthoration (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, rare) Deprivation of authority or dignity; degradation.
   • 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:

     exauctoration of the power of superiors

Related terms

• exauthorate

References

• “exauthoration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.