exercitation

American  

[ig-zur-si-tey-shuhn] / ɪgˌzɜr sɪˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

1. exercise or exertion, as of the faculties or powers of the body or mind.

   an exercitation of the imagination.

2. practice or training.

   exercitations in logical thinking.

3. the performance of a religious observance; an act of worship.

4. a disquisition or discourse performed as a display of skill.

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exercitation British  

/ ɪɡˌzɜːsɪˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. a rare word for exercise

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Etymology

Origin of exercitation

1325–75; Middle English exercitacioun < Latin exercitātiōn- (stem of exercitātiō ) exercise, practice, equivalent to exercitāt ( us ) (past participle of exercitāre, to exercise, frequentative of exercēre; see exercise) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

"The individual who arrives late at the locality of his daily exercitation will eventually become a candidate for the high and responsible position of public suspension."

From The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by Cooke, John Esten

History or historical romance seems to have been the favourite literary exercitation during this period.

From The Empire of the East by Montgomery, H. B. (Helen Barrett)

After much exercitation the Germans determined to adhere to the offensive.

From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald

I need hardly draw the moral of this, our somewhat fancical exercitation and exegesis.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest

Asclepiades the physician, that it is the concurrent exercitation of the senses.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch