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missprision

missprision

English

Noun

missprision (plural missprisions)

  1. (law, rare) Obsolete spelling of misprision

Usage notes

  • The spelling was used by Thomas Elyot in The Boke named the Governour (1531), a treatise on moral philosophy intended to direct the education of those destined to fill high positions.

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