American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1

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Author: Noah Webster

Deprivation

DEPRIVATION, n.

1. The act of depriving; a taking away.

2. A state of being deprived; loss; want; bereavement by loss of friends or of goods.

3. In law, the act of divesting a bishop or other clergyman of his spiritual promotion or dignity; the taking away of a preferment; deposition. This is of two kinds; a beneficio, and ab officio. The former is the deprivation of a minister of his living or preferment; the latter, of his order, and otherwise called deposition or degradation.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Deprivation," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed December 5, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3TLD74DF4Q913UT.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Deprivation." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 5 Dec. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3TLD74DF4Q913UT.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Deprivation' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 5 December 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3TLD74DF4Q913UT.