Exanimation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Deprivation of life or spirits. obsolete, uncountable

    "The second [blast of the trumpet] they denominate the blast of exanimation; when all creatures both in heaven and earth shall die, or be annihilated, except those which God shall please to exempt from the common fate."

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lifelessness

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"The second [blast of the trumpet] they denominate the blast of exanimation; when all creatures both in heaven and earth shall die, or be annihilated, except those which God shall please to exempt from the common fate."

Etymology

Latin exanimatio.

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