English Explanatory Dictionary

cruentation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The bleeding on the corpse of a murder victim, which was superstitiously believed to occur spontaneously in the presence of the murderer.

Word forms

cruentation cruentations

Etymology

From Latin cruentatio (“bleeding”).

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