recordation

[ rek-er-dey-shuhn, ree-kawr- ]

noun

1. the act or process of recording: recording:

   the recordation of documents pertaining to copyright ownership.

Word History and Origins

Origin of recordation¹

1400–50; late Middle English recordacioun originally, the faculty of recollection < Old French recordacion < Latin recordātiōn- (stem of recordātiō ), equivalent to recordāt ( us ) (past participle of recordārī; record ) + -ion- -ion

Example Sentences

They set up a recordation system whereby all calls could be recorded?

From Project Gutenberg

But let me call myself back to my recordation-subject—Thou needest not remind me of my Rosebud.

From Project Gutenberg