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Abhominatioun, n. Also: abhomynatyown(e, abhominatioune, -acioun, -ation(e, abominatioun. [ME. abhominacioun, -ynacion, etc. (14th c.), OF. ab(h) omination, L. abōminātio.] Abomination, detestation; an abominable act or thing. c1420 Wynt. iv. 572.
At thare awld ceremonyis … He had abhomynatyown Ib. vi. 131.
That war [= would be] abhomynatyowne a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 541.
Quhar bestis breidis with abhominacioun c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 10/8.
To hate and have abhominacioun of syn c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2165; etc.
So thir abhominationis Did spred ouerthort all nationis a1578 Pitsc. II. 61/9.
Mony wordis abhominable … which … to think I thocht evir abhominatioun 1587-99 Hume 121/9.
I haue committit abhominations