cruciation

English

Etymology

Latin cruciatio.

Noun

cruciation (usually uncountable, plural cruciations)

  1. (obsolete) torture or torment
    • a. 1656, Joseph Hall, The Soul's Farewell to Earth:
      a God that delights more in the prosperity of his saints than in the cruciation and howling of his enemies
    • 1888, John Filmore Sherry, Phosphor: An Ischian Mystery:
      Perhaps the brain was the soul, and instead of the soul leaving the body, it remained with it; and by feeling and knowing all the horrors the body was subjected to, suffered for the sins it had committed on earth.
      What had I ever done that I should undergo this cruciation?

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