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

Inexperience, the lack of mental exercitation, hence Ignorance, is the Negative Factor, or Nothing.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

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

He is not bound by any verbal fidelity to his author; he rather adapts the book to his own use and mental exercitation.

From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John