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exsufflatio

exsufflatio [LL] 1 blowing, breathing out. miraculum evanescit quod ‥ aure laudis expositum ~oni patescit J. Furness Walth. 57; ponit ‥ Spiritum ‥ Sanctum produci quasi per expressionem vel ~onem sui Duns Ord. IV 57; cujus consimile imprimeret [cor] in aliis membris per ~onem et transmissionem caloris sui ad ea Ps.-Ric. Anat. 23. 2 (eccl.) exsufflation, expelling evil by breathing over or upon. prius ‥ quam exorcismis et ~onibus clericorum immundus spiritus ab eis pellatur (Conf. Fid. III 31) Alcuin Dub. 1076D; Hales Sent. IV 21 (v. exorcizatio). 3 rejection, refutation. ex hiis patet ~o frivolorum sophismatum ‥ quibus impugnare nituntur crucem penitencie Peckham Paup. 12 p. 60.

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