sumption

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sumptio, from sumo (to take).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sumption (plural sumptions)

  1. (rare) A taking.
    • 1654, Jeremy Taylor, The Real Presence []
      Christ's sumption of the eucharist
  2. (obsolete) The major premise of a syllogism.

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