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Meaning of terriculament | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A source of unnecessary or uncontrollable fear.

obsolete

Examples

“[…]the paines of purgatorie are but a vaine terriculament, to make men pay deere for popish masses, merites, satisfactions and pardons.”
“[M]any times such terriculaments may proceed from natural causes, and all other senses may be deluded.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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