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Webster 1913 Edition
Erection
E-rec′tion
,Noun.
[L.
erectio
: cf. F. érection
.] 1.
The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.
2.
The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.
Her peerless height my mind to high
erection
draws up. Sidney
3.
State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
4.
Anything erected; a building of any kind.
Webster 1828 Edition
Erection
EREC'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of raising or building, as an edifice or fortification; as the erection of a wall, or of a house.2.
The state of being raised, built or elevated. 3.
Establishment; settlement; formation; as the erection of a commonwealth, or of a new system; the erection of a bishop-rick or an earldom.4.
Elevation; exaltation of sentiments.Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws up.
5.
Act of rousing; excitement; as the erection of the spirits.6.
Any thing erected; a building of any kind.7.
Distension and extension.