Meaning of IMPETRATION
 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im`pe*tra"tion\, n. [L. impetratio: cf. F.
imp['e]tration.]
1. The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or
entreaty. [Obs.]
In way of impertation procuring the removal or
allevation of our crosses. --Barrow.
2. (Old Eng. Law) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by
solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of
the king or other lay patron of the realm.
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