rustication

[ ruhs-ti-key-shuhn ]

/ ˌrʌs tɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

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noun

Also called rustic work .Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.

the act of a person or thing that rusticates.

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Origin of rustication

First recorded in 1615–25, rustication is from the Latin word rūsticātiōn- (stem of rūsticātiō). See rusticate, -ion

Words nearby rustication

rust-colored, rustic, rusticana, rusticate, rusticating, rustication, rusticity, rustic joint, Rustin, rust joint, rustle

How to use rustication in a sentence

The university, too, came to its senses and revoked the rustication of the students.
India Row Evokes Cricket’s Ultranationalist Tebbit Test|Tunku Varadarajan|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is, however, I believe, sometimes supposed that rustication gives an appearance of solidity to foundation stones.
The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)|John Ruskin
Seven days' rustication had wrought a marked change in the town-bred girl.
Husks|Marion Harland
Here, to recover from a state of debility thus produced, a year's rustication has been found necessary.
Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects|Herbert Spencer

Formal corporal punishment would have rendered rustication unnecessary.
Life of John Milton|Richard Garnett
What else is it than to suffer exile within the same walls, actual rustication?
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08|Titus Livius