impetration noun. [ɪmpǝ'treɪʃ(ǝ)n] L15.
[Anglo-Norman impetracioun or Latin impetratio(n-), formed as IMPETRATE verb: see -ATION.]
1. Chiefly Theology. The action or an act of obtaining something by request. L15.
b. Ecclesiastical History. The obtaining from the court of Rome of English church benefices in the gift of the king etc. L15.
c. Law (now Hist.). The obtaining of a writ. M17.

2. Entreaty, request. E17.

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