sumption noun. ['sʌm(p)ʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[Latin sumptio(n-), from sumpt- pa. ppl stem of sumere take: see -ION.]
1. The reception of the sacrament or of Christ in the sacrament. LME-M17.

2. Orig., the taking of a thing as true without proof; an assumption, a premiss. Now only, the major premiss of a syllogism. L16.

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