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impartation

American  
[im-pahr-tey-shuhn] / ɪmˌpɑrˈteɪ ʃən /
Sometimes impartment

noun

  1. the state or process of having been told, given, or granted something.

    The extra appointment time allows the physician to streamline the impartation of information.

    I am convinced that I received a supernatural impartation that night.


Other Word Forms

  • nonimpartation noun
  • nonimpartment noun

Etymology

Origin of impartation

impart ( def. ) + -ation

Example Sentences

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A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration.

From Project Gutenberg

He felt it was only by the daily impartation of a strength greater than his own, that spiritual life was sustained.

From Project Gutenberg

So then, the great truths here are these; the impartation of life by union with Christ, which life is truly a resurrection life, and is, moreover, hidden with Christ in God.

From Project Gutenberg

Had it come at last, this hour of wisdom, this impartation of a higher light, this sudden softening and sweetening of a nature whose harsh earthiness had been to her a cause of unspeakable distress?

From Project Gutenberg

It is all grace from start to finish, from the impartation of life in the new birth to the crowning in glory.

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