Amission

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    deprivation; loss obsolete

    "Why Geomancers do imitate the Quintuple Figure, in their Mother Characters of Acquisition and Amission, &c. somewhat answering the Figures in the Lady or speckled Beetle?"

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"Why Geomancers do imitate the Quintuple Figure, in their Mother Characters of Acquisition and Amission, &c. somewhat answering the Figures in the Lady or speckled Beetle?"

Etymology

From Latin amissio. Compare French amission.

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