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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

incedere

incessum

, to walk.]

Motion on foot; progress in walking.

[Obs.]

The

incession

or local motion of animals.

Sir T. Browne.

Spiritual incest

(Eccl. Law)

(a)

The crime of cohabitation committed between persons who have a spiritual alliance by means of baptism or confirmation.

(b)

The act of a vicar, or other beneficiary, who holds two benefices, the one depending on the collation of the other.

incession

(obsolete) Motion on foot; progress in walking.
The incession or local motion of animals. — Sir T. Browne.