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Webster 1913 Edition

Proscription

Pro-scrip′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
proscriptio
: cf. F.
proscription
.]
1.
The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy;
as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by
proscription
.
Every victory by either party had been followed by a sanguinary
proscription
.
Macaulay.
2.
The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition

Proscription

PROSCRIP'TION

,
Noun.
[L.proscriptio.] The act of proscribing or dooming to death; among the Romans,the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy. Such were the proscriptions of Sylla and Marius. Under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription.
1.
A putting out of the protection of law; condemning to exile.
2.
Censure and condemnation; utter rejection.

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