The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acception of persons
Acception \Ac*cep"tion\, n. [L. acceptio a receiving, accepting: cf. F. acception.] Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.]
Here the word ``baron'' is not to be taken in that
restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath
confined it.
--Fuller.
Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism;
partiality. [Obs.]
--Wyclif.
Usage examples of "acception of persons".
For Injustice, Ingratitude, Arrogance, Pride, Iniquity, Acception of persons, and the rest, can never be made lawfull.