taction
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of taction
1615–25; < Latin tāctiōn- (stem of tāctiō ) a touching, equivalent to tāct ( us ) (past participle of tangere to touch) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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The superstition that maladies can be cured by royal taction is dead, but like many a departed conviction it has left a monument of custom to keep its memory green.
From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose
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