| ominatio |
| o-mi-na'-ti-o | L. “foretelling, foreboding” |
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A prophecy of evil. | |
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| Fool: When priests are more in word than matter; When brewers mar their malt with water; When nobles are their tailors' tutors; No heretics burn'd, but wenches' suitors; Then shall the realm of Albion Come to great confusion. —Shakespeare, King Lear 3.2.80-86 |
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| Sources: | Peacham (1577) L1r | |
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