plasmation

English

Etymology

Latin plasmatio.

Noun

plasmation (uncountable)

1. The act of forming or moulding.
   • 1569, Richard Grafton, “The First Age, and First Part of this Chronicle”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume I, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 6:

     [A]ccording to the mind of S. Auguſtine, the beginning of Adam was no generation, but a formation: Neuertheleſſe, the plaſmation or creation of Adam is reconed among the generations, where he is accounted in the firſt, and Seth in the ſeconde, and so conſequently, which maner is moſt vſed.

References

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

Anagrams

• palmations