umbration

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English

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Etymology

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From umbra +‎ -ation.

Noun

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umbration (plural umbrations)

  1. (uncommon) Adumbration; shadow or outline.
    • 1850, John Evelyn, The History of Religion. A Rational Account of the True Religion ... Now First Published ... from the Original MS. ... Edited, with Notes, by ... R. M. Evanson, page 192:
      ... but for similitude of properties and Divine gifts; which, though resembling, are yet but faint shadows and umbrations of that sublime nature; []

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