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† levation Obs.
Also 4–6 levacion.
[ad. L. levātiōn-em, n. of action f. levāre to lighten, raise, levy. Cf. OF. levacion (in sense 1).]
1. Eccl. The lifting up of the Host for the adoration of the people; = elevation 1 c.
c1375Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B.) 406 And so þo leuacioun þou behalde. 1434E.E. Wills (1882) 101 At the leuacion at the hie masse. 1494Fabyan Chron. vi. ccx. 225 In the tyme of the leuacion of y⊇ sacrement, he laught. 1532in Pocock Rec. Ref. (1870) II. 230 After the levation the deacon turneth to the people. 1559Becon Display. Popish Mass Wks. 1563 iii. 43 b, The author of your Leuation and liftyng vp y⊇ bred aboue your head was Pope Honorius the third.
†2. (See quot.) Obs.
1656Blount Glossogr., Levation, an easing, or diminishing of grief or pain.
†3. concr. Something levied; a duty, tax. Obs.
1690Child Disc. Trade (1694) 118 Without paying the same Duties or Levations towards the Company's charge. |
