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  • Degradation — • A canonical penalty by which an ecclesiastic is entirely and perpetually deprived of all office, benefice, dignity, and power conferred on him by ordination; and by a special ceremony is reduced to the state of a layman, losing the privileges… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Degradation — Deg ra*da tion, n. [LL. degradatio, from degradare: cf. F. d[ e]gradation. See {Degrade}.] 1. The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one s standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Degradation of energy — Degradation Deg ra*da tion, n. [LL. degradatio, from degradare: cf. F. d[ e]gradation. See {Degrade}.] 1. The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one s standing or rank in office or society;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Degradation — may refer to; Biodegradation, the processes by which organic substances are broken down by living organisms Cashiering or degradation ceremony, a ritual performed when cleric is deprived of office or a knight is stripped of the honour Chemical… …   Wikipedia

  • Dégradation nationale — The dégradation nationale ( National stripping of rank ) was a sentence introduced in France after the Liberation. It was applied during the épuration légale ( legal purge ) which followed the fall of the Vichy regime. The dégradation nationale… …   Wikipedia

  • The Theatre —     The Theatre     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Theatre     Considering the tone of what is preserved to us of the works of the Greek tragedians and even of the comedies of Plautus and Terence, it seems at first difficult to understand the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • degradation-of-work thesis — The proposition that skilled work has declined in importance with the rise of capitalist industrialization most notably during the twentieth century and following the rise of the scientific management movement. The most notable proponents of this …   Dictionary of sociology

  • The Relief of Belsen — is a feature length drama that was first shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 15 October 2007. It depicts events that unfolded at Bergen Belsen concentration camp following the liberation of the camp by British troops in April 1945.… …   Wikipedia

  • degradation — [[t]de̱grəde͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] degradations 1) N VAR (disapproval) You use degradation to refer to a situation, condition, or experience which you consider shameful and disgusting, especially one which involves poverty or immorality. They were sickened …   English dictionary

  • degradation — noun 1) poverty brings with it degradation Syn: humiliation, shame, loss of self respect, abasement, indignity, ignominy 2) the degradation of women Syn: demeaning, debasement, discrediting 3) …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Degradation from knighthood — Because the office of knighthood was treated with so much regard, taking on aspects of holy devotion, to be forsworn and stripped of knighthood was a purposefully traumatic experience. The king could make the determination to remove knighthood… …   Medieval glossary

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