transverberation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of religious ecstasy characterized by a piercing sensation.

Word forms

transverberation transverberations

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsverberātiō (“empiercement”). By surface analysis, transverberate + -ion.

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