Definition of Locutions. Meaning of Locutions. Synonyms of Locutions

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Definition of Locutions

Locution
Locution Lo*cu"tion, n. [L. locutio, fr. loqui to speak: cf. F. locution. ] Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression. `` Stumbling locutions.' --G. Eliot. I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced by ceremony. --Marston.

Meaning of Locutions from wikipedia

- Locution can refer to: a figure of speech Locution (paranormal), a mode of supernatural revelation Locution (catchphrase), a particular word, phrase,...
- spiritual or intellectual. Corporeal locutions are those actually heard by the physical powers of hearing ... Imaginary locutions are not heard in that way but...
- A catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such phrases often originate in po****r...
- Phenomena of locutions are described in the lives of Christian saints such as Saint Mary of Egypt (5th century), who heard the locution from the Icon...
- re translates as "about the thing". The original meaning of the Latin locutions may help to elucidate the living meaning of the phrases, in the distinctions...
- Gobbi's locutions to be his own meditations and not messages from the Virgin Mary. To that end, Father Gobbi was asked to refer to the locutions as his...
- Bologna (2001), Tsunami (2004) and Resplendent Locution (2007). In 2007, ****lord recorded Resplendent Locution with Doug White at Watchmen Recording Studios...
- investigation of the various aspects of speech acts. In his framework, locution is what was said and meant, illocution is what was done, and perlocution...
- "something being like **** in a handbasket" are variations on an allegorical locution of unclear origin, which describes a situation headed for disaster inescapably...
- 17 (2): 127. JSTOR 486459. Pound, Louise (December 1942). "Some Folk-Locutions". American Speech. 17 (4): 247–250. doi:10.2307/487190. JSTOR 487190....