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affliction|əˈflɪkʃən|
Also 4 affliccioun, 5 -tyon, 6 -cion, -cyon.
[a. Fr. affliction, OFr. aflicion, early ad. L. afflīctiōn-em, n. of action and state, f. afflīct- ppl. stem of afflīg-ĕre: see afflict a. and -ion1.]
†1. The action of inflicting grievous pain or trouble. spec. in its earliest use, Self-infliction of religious discipline; mortification, humiliation. Obs.
1303R. Brunne Handlyng Synne 309 Yn þyn afflycciouns Yn fastyng and yn orisouns. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour h vi, The sayd hooly prophete..made his prayers and his afflyctions solytaryly and secretely. 1534More Comf. agst. Tribul. ii. Wks. 1557, 1177/1 Lett hym put vppon hys bodye, and pourge the spirite by the afflyccion of the fleshe. 1611Bible 2 Chron. xviii. 26 Feede him with bread of affliction, and with water of affliction, vntill I returne in peace. 1628tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. (1688) ii. 147 Affliction for Religion groweth every day heavier and heavier.
2. The state of being afflicted; sore pain of body or trouble of mind; misery, distress.
1382Wyclif Ex. iii. 7, I have seen the affliccioun of my puple in Egipte. 1485Caxton Paris & Vienne (1868) 53, I endure grete heuynes sorowe and afflyctyon. 1602Shakes. Ham. iii. ii. 324 The Queene your Mother, in most great affliction of spirit, hath sent me to you. 1671Milton Samson 110 Enemies, who come to stare At my affliction. 1725Pope Odyss. viii. 32 Here affliction never pleads in vain. 1781T. Jefferson Corr. Wks. 1859 I. 303 The affliction of the people for want of arms is great. 1816Singer Hist. Playing Cards 10 During the affliction of a famine.
3. An instance of affliction; a pain, calamity, grief, distress.
1598Shakes. Merry W. v. v. 178 To repay that money will be a biting affliction. 1652J. Burroughes Exp. Hosea vii. 130 Afflictions are as lead to the net, the promise is as the corke. 1812Jane Austen Mansf. Park (1851) 96 So harmonised by distance, that every former affliction had its charm. |
