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; 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

It is not a mere exercitation of the intellect, it is an endeavor to get nearer God—to assert his eternal Providence, and vindicate his ways to men.

From Spare Hours by Brown, John

Coleridge’s profound and brilliant, but unequal, and often somewhat nebulous Essay on Method, is worth reading over, were it only as an exercitation, and to impress on the mind the meaning and value of method.

From Spare Hours by Brown, John

Nevertheless, the writing of verses is a good rhetorical exercitation, as teaching us what to shun most carefully in prose.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

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