Definition of Reprabation
Rep`ro*ba"tion (-b?`sh?n), n. [F.
réprobation, or L. reprobatio.]
1. The act of reprobating; the state of being
reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.
The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually
soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with
becoming reprobation. Jeffrey.
Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and
false coin. Dryden.
2. (Theol.) The predestination of a
certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of
condemnation and punishment.
Rep`ro*ba"tion (-b?`sh?n), n. [F.
réprobation, or L. reprobatio.]
1. The act of reprobating; the state of being
reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.
The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually
soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with
becoming reprobation. Jeffrey.
Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and
false coin. Dryden.
2. (Theol.) The predestination of a
certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of
condemnation and punishment.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
REPROBATION, n. In theology, the state of a luckless mortal
prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin,
whose joy in it was somewhat marred by the sad sincerity of his
conviction that although some are foredoomed to perdition, others are
predestined to salvation.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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