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Proscription
Proscription Pro*scrip"tion, n. [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.
Proscriptional
Proscriptional Pro*scrip"tion*al, a. Proscriptive.
Proscriptionist
Proscriptionist Pro*scrip"tion*ist, n. One who proscribes.
Proscriptive
Proscriptive Pro*scrip"tive, a. Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing. --Burke. -- Pro*scrip"tive*ly, adv.
Proscriptively
Proscriptive Pro*scrip"tive, a. Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing. --Burke. -- Pro*scrip"tive*ly, adv.

Meaning of Proscripti from wikipedia

- 700 people) and therefore condemned to death those proscribed, called proscripti in Latin. There were multiple reasons why the ancient Roman government...
- to be left with the desire of the testator to devise his estate to the proscripti, and the heres would execute the transfer to them. Institutes, 2.23.1...
- Judiciorum de novis erroribus qui ab initio saec. XII [to 1735] in Ecclesia proscripti stint atque notati; Censoria etiam judicia academiarum", 3 vols. (Paris...
- the "peculiar legal situation" of Sertorius's men, some of whom were proscripti, and others of whom were hostes publici, "public enemies." In both cases...
- could enjoy the same education as an aristocrat (76–80). Satire 1.7, Proscripti Regis Rupili pus atque venenum ("The pus and poison of the proscribed...