noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of darkening or obscuring; obnubilation; obscuration. archaic, countable, uncountable

   "The miraculous obumbration of the holy Ghost , made more intelligible by two parallel cases"

Synonyms

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darkeninggathering cloudsovercastshadingshadowing

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"The miraculous obumbration of the holy Ghost , made more intelligible by two parallel cases"

Etymology

Latin obumbratio.

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