efflux
noun
outward flow, as of water.
effluxion
-
a variation of
efflux.
Example Sentences
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Osiris and Anubis, her averruncous deities, have departed, while Orus yet remains dimly shadowing the principle of vicissitude and the effluxion of things, but receiveth little oblation.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
His strength seemed to fade out from him with the mere effluxion of time.
From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson
The council is elected for three years and is not subject to dissolution save by effluxion of time.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
On the other hand, I have endeavoured, as far as possible, to obliterate chronological references which the effluxion of time has rendered, or may render, misleading.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
Virtually, therefore, these rates had lapsed through effluxion of time.
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Herbert Joyce
