obumbration

English

Etymology

Latin obumbratio.

Noun

obumbration (countable and uncountable, plural obumbrations)

  1. (archaic) The act of darkening or obscuring; obnubilation; obscuration.
    • 1654, Peter Heylyn, Theologia Veterum:
      The miraculous obumbration of the holy Ghost , made more intelligible by two parallel cases

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