Exanimation
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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.