Illiterature

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of learning; illiteracy. archaic, uncountable

    "If the presentee of a lay patron be refused by the ordinary, in most cases (as for simony, adultery, or illiterature) the patron is entitled to notice; […]"

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"If the presentee of a lay patron be refused by the ordinary, in most cases (as for simony, adultery, or illiterature) the patron is entitled to notice; […]"

Etymology

From il- + literature.

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