frequentation

American  

[free-kwuhn-tay-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

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Example Sentences

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frequentation

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 Samuel Johnson

Evidently the frequentation of St. Joseph's was much the same as the theatres.

From Evelyn Innes by George (George Augustus) Moore

Certainly they must do so in all large libraries, where the frequentation is great, and where every moment's delay in the book service works disadvantage to numerous readers.

From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Ainsworth Rand Spofford

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 Sir Richard Francis Burton

Without the walls of Newgate the house of his frequentation was the 'Dog Tavern.'

From A Book of Scoundrels by Charles Whibley

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