Missprision

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of misprision. alt-of, obsolete, rare

    "[I]f any persone were perceiued to be absent, or were sene to laughe at the folye of the emperour [Nero], he was forthe with accused, as it were, of missprision: whereby the emperour founde occasion to committe him to prison or to put hym to tortures."

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misprizingcrimedepreciationdisparagementevildoinglawbreaking

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"[I]f any persone were perceiued to be absent, or were sene to laughe at the folye of the emperour [Nero], he was forthe with accused, as it were, of missprision: whereby the emperour founde occasion to committe him to prison or to put hym to tortures."

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