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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [adˈmɪs.si.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [adˈmis.si.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''admissiō''' ''f'' (genitive admissiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[admittō]] “to let in, admit” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of controlled mating of animals.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Seneca; he dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Varro it meant the controlled mating of domestic animals, in medicine the application of a remedy, and in Seneca admission to an audience with a great man.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant admission, entrance, an audience, and the entering upon an inheritance, and in canon law the superior's conferring of an office.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for admission to a benefice, to court, to the peace, and to a degree.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''ammissione'' and Spanish ''admisión'', and gave [[en|admission]] in the early 15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of the mating of animals.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of admission to an audience.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''admission'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Controlled mating (of animals).^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(medicine)'' Application.^(OLD 2012)
+ # [[m|en|Admission]] to an audience.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' The conferring of an office.^(Stelten 1995)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Admission to a benefice or a degree.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[admissionalis]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[admittō]]
+ * [[mittō]]
+ * [[en|admission]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}