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Minution

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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is a term applied by monastics of the Middle Ages to phlebotomy, which was much in fashion in those times. In some abbeys a bleeding-house, called Flebotomaria, was sustained. For details on the practices of the monastics inminution, see Fosbrooke, British A Moaachisun (Lond. 1817, 4to), page 321.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Minution'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/minution.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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