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Proscriptional
Proscriptionist
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Proscription
Pro*scrip"tion (?), n. [L. proscriptio: cf. F. proscription.] 1. The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription.Every victory by either party had been followed by a sanguinary proscription.Macaulay. 2. The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition.Macaulay.
The noun Proscription has 2 senses
1. banishment, proscription -- rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone 2. prohibition, ban, proscription -- a decree that prohibits something
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