"avision" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: avisions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English avisioun, from Old French avision. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|avisioun}} Middle English avisioun, {{der|en|fro|avision}} Old French avision Head templates: {{en-noun}} avision (plural avisions)
  1. (obsolete) A vision of a prophetic or admonitory nature. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-avision-en-noun--dxwdaJ~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "When the Emperour with great humilitie had thus earnestly prayed, the same night after, by the great mercy of God, an auision was shewed vnto hym to his comforte. Wherin it séemed, that [302] béeing solemnly cited to appere, he heard a voyce from heauen, as it were of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst, saying: Bring me hither Mauricius.",
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          "text": "26. After which therefore the Eternal willing of the Abyss of the Deity hath pleased to Long, from whence the divine Imagination hath existed, so that the Abyssal will of the Deity, hath thus from Eternity, in the Imagination, with the power of the Avision or Aspect, or form of the Looking-Glass of Wonders, impregnated it self.",
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