Bible Dictionaries
Pretension
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title.
(2):
(n.) A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pretension'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pretension.html. 1828.