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- noun Dated form of
catalepsy .
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Examples
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And of course, along with these loathsome ceremonies, go incantations, chants, dances, and frenzies, sometimes ending in catalepsis.
American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Julian Street 1913
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Another mode is the antithesis of rhythmical quantities through verse catalepsis.
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