DEGRADATION

degradation

degradation (deg-r[schwa]-day-sh[schwa]n). 1. A reduction in rank, degree, or dignity; specif., censure of a clergy member by divestiture of holy orders, either by word or by a solemn divestiture of robes and other insignia. Cf. DEPOSITION(4); DEPRIVATION(4). 2. A moral or intellectual decadence or degeneration; a lessening of a person’s or thing’s character or quality […]

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degradation

degradation n. (1)(级别、地位、身份等的)降低;不名誉;丢脸 (2)(道德、品质等的)堕落;(价格、质量、纯度等的)下降 (3)(由于侵蚀等导致的)陵削;减削 (4)(教会法)革除神职;贬黜 指被免除或剥夺职位或荣誉,尤指天主教会解除神职人员职位的宗教处罚。这种处罚可以口头即时做出,也可举行一定仪式剥夺其阶衔。现已废弃,以废黜圣职〔deposition〕代之。 (→deposition) (5)(根据普通法或议会法令)贬黜贵族爵位

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