Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A killing; the act of killing; slaughter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A killing; the act of killing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
killing ; the act of killing.
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Examples
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And Louis and Charles his brethren made a battle against him, where there was so great occision of one and other that there had never tofore been such in no time in France.
The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900
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Fr. muids, a measure of about five quarters. occision, n., slaughter. orage, n.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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And when after this occision he came to Milan and would enter into the church,
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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S. Ambrose saw Ruffin come, he said to him: Thou hast no more shame than an hound for to do such occision, and now comest boldly to me.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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For when they of Syponte were returned from the occision of their adversaries, and had so noble victory, yet doubted they to enter into the said place and hallow it to the archangel.
The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900
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And hereof saith S. Austin: The blessed Laurence dwelled in Jesu Christ unto the temptation, unto the demand of the tyrant, and unto the death, in whom the occision was long, and because that he had well eaten and well drunken, he was fat of this meat, and drunken of the chalice, so that he felt not the torments ne eschewed them, but succeeded to the realm of heaven.
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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