Docimacy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Docimacy \Doc"i*ma*cy\, n. [Gr. ? an assay, examination, fr. ?
     to examine (Metals), fr. ? assayed, tested, fr. ? to take,
     approve: cf. F. docimasie.]
     The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the
     nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of
     medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.


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