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frequentation

American  
[free-kwuhn-tey-shuhn] / ˌfri kwənˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the practice of frequenting; habit of visiting often.


Etymology

Origin of frequentation

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French fréquentation < Latin frequentātiōn- (stem of frequentātiō ). See frequent, -ation

Example Sentences

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The frequentation of these simple people calmed the fever of ennui, which had been consuming him.

From Mike Fletcher A Novel by Moore, George (George Augustus)

It takes you over from four to five miles of a rocky table-land, by a very gradual ascent, abounding with indelible traces of human frequentation, else long forgotten.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various

It was from this daily frequentation that the latter was enabled to write a "Life of Lincoln."

From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn

She directed to him the face that was like an illuminated garden, turnstile and all, for the frequentation of which he had his season-ticket; then she looked again at Sir Claude.

From What Maisie Knew by James, Henry

A shop in the Islands, as in other places of little frequentation, is a repository of every thing requisite for common use. 

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel