omination

English

Etymology

Latin ominatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɒmɪˈneɪʃən/

Noun

omination (plural ominations)

1. (obsolete) presage; omen.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

     An oath, in case they were forsworn, draweth a curse on them, a detestable omination towards the priests of God.

Related terms

• ominate

References

• “omination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.