discumbency

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discumbency - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Discumbency \Dis*cum"ben*cy\, n. [From L. discumbens, p. pr. of
     discumbere. See Discubitory.]
     The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the
     ancients at their meals. --Sir T. Browne.
     [1913 Webster]