exspoliation

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Definition of exspoliation

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noun

(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Spoliation.

“The only reference in these laws to religion is the 58th: “De incendio Ecclesiae sive homicidiis clericorum,” which enacts that the burning or exspoliation of a church shall be compensated by a fine of two hundred sols.”
“Fontenay wrote in stronger terms: " The most revolting abuse is the miserable exspoliation of the commendatory abbeys."”
“The exspoliation of the indigenous population of Palestine at the hands of Zionists, with an obvious reliance on the biblical narrative, appears to leave the Academy untouched.”

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From Latin exspoliatio, from exspoliare (“to spoil, to plunder”), from ex (“out”) + spoliare. See spoliate.

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