Acception of persons

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Acception \Ac*cep"tion\, n. [L. acceptio a receiving, accepting:
   cf. F. acception.]
   Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.]
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         Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that
         restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath
         confined it.                             --Fuller.
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   {Acception of persons} or {faces} (Eccl.), favoritism;
      partiality. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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