exsē̆crātĭo (execr-), ōnis, f. [exsecror].
I Execration , malediction , curse : Thyestea ista exsecratio est: ut tu naufragio expulsus, etc., Cic. Pis. 19, 43: exierunt malis omnibus atque exsecrationibus, id. Sest. 33, 71; Vell. 2, 22; Tac. H. 3, 25; Plin. H. N. 19 praef. § 6; Suet. Claud. 12; Vulg. Psa. 58, 13 al.—
II Transf.
A A solemn oath with an imprecation (if broken): aliquem exsecratione devincire, Cic. Sest. 7, 15: ubi fides? ubi exsecrationes? ubi dextrae complexusque? id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104; id. Off. 3, 13, 55; Sall. C. 22, 2; Liv. 26, 25, 12; Tac. H. 4, 15; Vulg. 2 Par. 15, 15 al.—
B An abomination , a thing to be execrated , Vulg. Levit. 18, 27.