allectation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin allectatio, allectationis.

Noun

allectation (countable and uncountable, plural allectations)

(obsolete) enticement; allurement
- 1686, John Cosin, Two Letters […] :
  I am to add , that with such allectation they were Tuned by the Musick-masters

References

“allectation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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