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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

propinatio

. See

The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another.

[Obs.]

Abp. Potter.

Noun.

[L. propinatio, propino; Gr. to drink.]

The act of pledging, or drinking first and then offering the cup to another.

propination ‎(uncountable)

(historical) The right to distill spirits.
(obsolete) The act of pledging, or first drinking and then offering the cup to another.
- Archbishop John Potter
  This Propination was carry'd about towards the right hand, where the superior Quality of some of the Guests did not oblige them to alter that method.