probacioun

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French probation or its etymon Latin probātiō; compare probe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɔˌbaːsiˈuːn/, /prɔˈbaːsjun/

Noun

probacioun (uncountable) (formal, Late Middle English)

  1. Investigation, testing; the employment of practical tests:
    1. (theology) Adversity as a trial of character.
    2. (more loosely) Demonstration, exemplification, proof.
  2. (religion, rare) A trial or probational period (for a monastic institution)
  3. (surgery, rare) Probing; the employment of a probe.

Descendants

  • English: probation
  • Middle Scots: probatioun

References

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