frequentation

American  

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

noun

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

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frequentation British  

/ ˌfriːkwɛnˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. the act or practice of frequenting or visiting often

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Etymology

Origin of frequentation

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

Example Sentences

I neuer sawe in anye place greater abundaunce and frequentation of people, forasmuche as I could perceyue by tarrying there the space of 20 dayes.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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

On that healthy heath he has been harboring, for nearly half a life, every villainy of good fellowship that could be perfected by the careless frequentation of our early intimacy and my unsuspecting camaraderie.

From Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel by Gilder, Jeannette Leonard

The frequentation of the port of Nieuport presents all the facilities which the merchants can require.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various

It was not devotion to an outdoor life, but the frequentation of foreign cafés which was responsible for that habit, investing with a character of unceremonious impermanency Mr Verloc’s steady fidelity to his own fireside. 

From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph