Difference between revisions of "Exsufflation"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_119864" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_119864" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] blast from beneath. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_39396" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_39396" /> == | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
(2): ( n.) A blast from beneath.
(3): ( n.) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a part of the ceremony of baptism in the ancient Christian Church, in which the candidate stood with his hands stretched out towards the West, and struck them together; then he proceeded thrice to exsufflate or spit, in defiance of Satan. (See Baptism).
