† conˈtemption Obs. Chiefly Sc.
Also -cyon, -cion, -cioun, -tioun.
[ad. L. contemptiōn-em, n. of action from contemnĕre to contemn.]
The action of contemning; contempt; an act of contemning or contempt.
| 1488 Acta Dom. Concilii 116 (Jam.) Quhill thai be puinist for thair contempcioun. 1502 Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iv. xxx. 347 Of whome comen contempcyons, rancures, hates. 1534 Whitinton Tullyes Offices iii. (1540) 165 Whiche force is a contempcion of paynes and labours. 1552 Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 58 Quhilk..hais na trew lufe of God bot rather contemptioun. a 1572 Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 44 Accused secoundarly, Of contemptioun of the sacramentis. |