† proˈlapsion Obs.
[ad. L. prōlapsiōn-em, n. of action f. prōlābī: see next.]
1. A slipping or falling away into sin or error.
| 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Defence 224 Neither by his prolapsion into any sinne, his doctrine shuld be scandalized. 1627 Sclater Exp. 2 Thess. (1629) 229 Particular fals we are not exempted from..yet from prolapsion, whole falling away. 1647 Trapp Comm. Matt. vii. 27 From intercision, prolapsion, from utter and irrecoverable falling away, they are freed. |
2. Path. = prolapsus. rare.
| 1775 in Ash. 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XV. 583/1 Prolapsus, in surgery, a prolapsion or falling out of any part of the body from its natural situation. 1828 in Webster; and in later Dicts. |