medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
>where by the sixth century they had a famous cult center at which healing
miracles reportedly occurred during incubation.
"incubation" in this rather obscure (and non-middlevi?) sense:
4. Ancient Greek Hist. The practice of sleeping in a temple or sacred place
for oracular purposes.
1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture II. 111 This place was celebrated for
the worship of Æsculapius, in whose temple incubation, i.e. sleeping for
oracular dreams, was practised.
--OED
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