obumbration Now rare.
(ɒbʌmˈbreɪʃən)
[ad. L. obumbrātiōn-em, n. of action f. obumbrā-re: see prec. Cf. obs. F. obumbration (16th c. in Godef.).]
1. The action of overshadowing or condition of being overshadowed.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. ix. 18 The feruent ire of Phebus to declyne With obumbracioun. 1533 More Answ. Poysoned Bk. Wks. 1068 His body was in the blessed virgin his mother by the heauenly obumbracion of y⊇ holy ghost. 1647 M. Hudson Div. Right Govt. Introd. 10 His production..supernaturall and Mysticall, by an incomprehensible Obumbration of the Holy Ghost. 1819 H. Busk Dessert 894 Partial eclipse..Brighter the dish from casual obumbration. 1846 G. S. Faber Lett. Tractar. Secess. 101. |
¶ 2. Misused for adumbration, a shadowing forth.
| a 1631 Donne Serm. xxxix. 385 That delineation, that obumbration of God, which the Creatures of God exhibit to us. a 1670 Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 975 In the dark glass of typical Obumbrations. |