Dictionary

consignation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌkɒnsɪɡˈneɪʃən/
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Etymology

From Latin cōnsignātiō (“written proof, document”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of consigning.
   • Now there are some that have understood that this state of happiness, and this state of misery of the soul, before the resurrection, was a first resurrection. Yea, I admit it may be termed a resurrection; the raising of the spirit or the soul, and their consignation to happiness or misery, according to the words which have been spoken. 1830, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, Alma:Chapter 19:
   • So is despair a certain consignation to eternal ruin. 1651, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying:
   • military consignations and the holding ready of troops are almost uniformly resorted to during great strikes. 1917, Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht (original), translator anonymous, Militarism:
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of ratifying or establishing; confirmation.
   • [W]e may look upon the tradition of the holy Sacramental Symbols as a direct conſignation of pardon; […] 1660, Jeremy Taylor, “Of the Nature, Excellencies, Uses and Intention of the Holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper. Sect[ion] V. Practical Conclusions from the Preceding Discourses.”, in The Worthy Communicant or A Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings Consequent to the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper […], London: […] R. Norton for John Martyn, James Allestry, and Thomas Dicas […], published 1661, →OCLC, page 105:
   • A terrible thought seized me. Perhaps he had not made his escape! I cast one glance at the burning pile, and, to my consignation, beheld the flames already bursting from the roof. 1850, Emerson Bennett (debated authorship), The Prairie Flower; Or:
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A stamp; an indication.
   • , "Of Growth in Sin" The most certain consignations of an excellent virtue.

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consignment