consignation

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnsɪɡˈneɪʃən/

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consignation (countable and uncountable, plural consignations)

1. The act of consigning.

   Synonym: consignment

   • 1651, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying:

     So is despair a certain consignation to eternal ruin.

   • 1830, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, Alma:Chapter 19:

     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.

   • 1917, Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht (original), translator anonymous, Militarism:

     military consignations and the holding ready of troops are almost uniformly resorted to during great strikes.

2. (obsolete) The act of ratifying or establishing; confirmation.
   • 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:

     [W]e may look upon the tradition of the holy Sacramental Symbols as a direct conſignation of pardon; […]

   • 1850, Emerson Bennett (debated authorship), The Prairie Flower; Or:

     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.

3. (obsolete) A stamp; an indication.
   • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC:
     , "Of Growth in Sin"

     The most certain consignations of an excellent virtue.

• “consignation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• nonagonistic

From Latin cōnsignātiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.si.ɲa.sjɔ̃/

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consignation f (plural consignations)

1. consignation

• “consignation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.