Obs. rare. [n. of action from prec.: see -ATION; cf. post-cl. L. temerātio a forging.] Violation, profanation.
1642. Sir S. D’Ewes, in Rushw., Hist. Coll. (1692), III. I. 314. After the reiterated temeration of his Faith and Promises.
16[?]. Jer. Taylor, 2nd Serm. Ministers’ Duty, ¶ 6. Those Cryptick ways of institution by which the Ancients did hide a light, and keep it from the temeration of ruder handlings.
