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vilipendium

vilipendium [vilipendere+-ium] 1 (act or condition of) consideration or treatment as being of little account or value, contempt. quicunque Anglicana lingua loqui nesciret in multo ~io et despectu haberetur a populo Ann. Lond. 59; multa ‥ opprobria et ~ia passus est Plusc. VIII 18; in sui ~ium in parte australi ecclesie remocius a regibus ipsum Richardus sepeliri fecerat Ad. Usk 40; 1446 eundem nuncium literas memoratas in ecclesiastice libertatis ~ium comedere Eng. Clergy 208; 1519 in contemptum et ~ium sancte Romane ecclesie Form. S. Andr. I 221. 2 (act of) causing to be of little account or value, lowering in esteem, debasement. ad artes mechanicas ‥ ad ecclesie dispendium et totius cleri ~ium revertuntur R. Bury Phil. prol. 7; 1445 ecclesia ‥ patitur cotidie detrimenta ‥ in ‥ animarum periculum, pontificalis dignitatis ~ium, et exemplum detestabile Reg. Brechin I 101.

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