Definitions for approbation
ˌæp rəˈbeɪ ʃənap·pro·ba·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. approbationnoun

   official approval

2. approbationnoun

   official recognition or approval

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. approbationnoun

   The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Approbationnoun

   Etymology: approbatio, Lat.

   1. The act of approving, or expressing himself pleased.

   That not past me, but
   By learned approbation of my judges. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   2. The liking of any thing.

   There is no positive law of men, whether received by formal consent, as in councils, or by secret approbation, as in customs, but may be taken away. Richard Hooker, b. iv. § 14.

   The bare approbation of the worth and goodness of a thing, is not properly the willing of that thing; yet men do very commonly account it so. South.

   3. Attestation; support.

   How many now in health
   Shall drop their blood in approbation
   Of what your reverence shall incite us to. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

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1. approbation

   Approbation is the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise, or official recognition or sanction. It can also refer to a formal or official act of approving.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Approbationnoun

   proof; attestation

2. Approbationnoun

   the act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation

3. Approbationnoun

   probation or novitiate

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1. Approbation

   Approbation is, in Catholic canon law, an act by which a bishop or other legitimate superior grants to an ecclesiastic the actual exercise of his ministry. The necessity of approbation, especially for administering the Sacrament of Penance, was expressly decreed by the Council of Trent, so that, except in the case of imminent death, the absolution by a priest not approved would be invalid. This approbation for the Sacrament of Penance is the judicial declaration of the legitimate superior that a certain priest is fit to hear, and has the faculties to hear, the confession of his subjects. By bishop is meant also his vicar general, or the diocesan administrator during the vacancy of a see, also any regular prelate having ordinary jurisdiction over a certain territory. This approbation may be given orally or in writing, and may be given indirectly, as when, for instance, priests receive power to choose in their own diocese an approved priest of another diocese for their confessor. The bishop may wrongfully but validly refuse his approbation, without which no priest may hear confessions. A confessor's jurisdiction may be restricted to various classes of persons, e. g. to children, or to men, without the right to hear women. A special approbation is required to hear nuns or women of religious communities, and this extends with modifications to all communities of recognized sisterhoods.

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1. Approbation

   ap-prob-ā′shun, n. formal sanction: approval: (Shak.) confirmation.—v.t. Ap′probate, to approve authoritatively (obs. except in U.S.): (Scots law) to approve of as valid.—adjs. Ap′probatory, Ap′probative, of or belonging to one who approves.—To approbate and reprobate, a phrase in Scotch law which means that no one can be permitted to accept and reject the same deed or instrument, analogous in the law of England to Election. [See Approve.]

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1. • Approval

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How to pronounce approbation?

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How to say approbation in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of approbation in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of approbation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of approbation in a Sentence

1. Sir Richard Steele:

   Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.

2. James Madison:

   The free system of government we have established is so congenial with reason, with common sense, and with a universal feeling, that it must produce approbation and a desire of imitation, as avenues may be found for truth to the knowledge of nations.

3. Leo Tolstoy:

   The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

4. Sir Richard Steele:

   Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=approbation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Approbation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=approbation
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/approbation
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=approbation
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=approbation
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=approbation