Emaculation
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of ridding something of its flaws or errors. obsolete
"[amid a discussion of the correction of errors in Bible translations] It is very evident indeed that his attention was directed to the emaculation of the more antient, or Philadelphian version; and not of that translation, of later date, which Usher supposes to have been communicated by Herod to Cleopatra. If the purity of the latter had been the final object of his labours, there is much reason in the question of Baronius."
Example
More examples"[amid a discussion of the correction of errors in Bible translations] It is very evident indeed that his attention was directed to the emaculation of the more antient, or Philadelphian version; and not of that translation, of later date, which Usher supposes to have been communicated by Herod to Cleopatra. If the purity of the latter had been the final object of his labours, there is much reason in the question of Baronius."
Etymology
From e- + maculation.
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