- meditation
- noun Date: 13th century 1. a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation 2. the act or process of meditating
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meditation — (n.) c.1200, contemplation; devout preoccupation; devotions, prayer, from O.Fr. meditacion thought, reflection, study, and directly from L. meditationem (nom. meditatio) a thinking over, meditation, noun of action from pp. stem of meditari to… … Etymology dictionary
Meditation — (v. lat.), 1) Nachdenken, als Vorbereitungsübung; Meditatio mortis, Todesbetrachtung; 2) bes. das wissenschaftliche Nachdenken … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
