ascription

[uh-skrip-shuh n]

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noun

the act of ascribing.
a statement ascribing something, especially praise to the Deity.

Also ad·scrip·tion

[ad-skrip-shuh n] /ædˈskrɪp ʃən/.

Origin of ascription

1590–1600; < Latin ascrīptiōn- (stem of ascrīptiō) a written addition. See a-⁵, script, -ion

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Related Words for ascription

credit, acknowledgment, recognition, assignment, adscription

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Historical Examples of ascription

Never can love make consciousness and ascription equal in force.
Essays, Second Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson
But in the two verses that follow the ascription of holiness, we find the sum of the whole.
Holy in Christ
Andrew Murray
This unity of God is not in any way derogated from by the ascription to him of attributes.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy
Isaac Husik
No ascription of divinity to men is found among the Hebrews.
Introduction to the History of Religions
Crawford Howell Toy
But I pay no attention to this ascription of greatness; I laugh at it.
The Goose Man
Jacob Wassermann

British Dictionary definitions for ascription

ascription

adscription (ədˈskrɪpʃən)

noun

the act of ascribing
a statement ascribing something to someone, esp praise to God

Word Origin for ascription

C16: from Latin ascrīptiō, from ascrībere to ascribe

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Word Origin and History for ascription

1590s, "action of adding in writing;" c.1600, "attribution of authorship or origin," from Latin ascriptionem (nominative ascriptio) "an addition in writing," noun of action from past participle stem of ascribere (see ascribe).