IMPRECATION

Source: 553, 560, 566, 567

imprecation. imprecation, cursing, or wishing euill vnto.

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IMPRECATION. → INSTANCES OF
* Ruth Ru 1:17
* Samuel 1Sa 3:17
* David 2Sa 1:21; 3:28,29
* Shimei 2Sa 16:5,13
* See PRAYER, IMPRECATORY

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imprecation. Imprecation, n. an invocation of evil, a curse

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Im′pre‐ca″tion (?), n. [[L. imprecatio: cf. F. imprécation.]] The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse. Men cowered like slaves before such horrid imprecations. Motley. Syn. — Malediction; curse; execration; anathema. See Malediction.