sumption
A taking.
Noun
- A taking.
- Now St. Clement, proving by Christ's sumption of the eucharist, that he did drink wine, must mean the sacramental symbol to be truly wine, […] - 1653 (indicated as 1654), “The Real Presence and Spiritual of Christ in...
- The major premise of a syllogism.
Origin
From Latin sumptio, from sumo (“to take”).