PROSCRIPTION
Source: 553, 566, 567
proscription. proscription, a condemnation, or banishment proclaimed, or an open sale.
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proscription. Proscription, n. a doom to death, a confiscation
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Pro‐scrip″tion (?), n. [[L. proscriptio: cf. F. proscription.]] 1. 1. The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription.
Every victory by either party had been followed by a sanguinary proscription. Macaulay. 2. 2. The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition. Macaulay.