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consolations

consolations is the plural of consolation.

Meaning of consolation

Noun

consolation (countable and uncountable, plural consolations)

  1. The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled.
    • Moreouer the perfit beleue of this article, worketh in all true chriſten people, aloue to continue in this vnitie, and afeare to be caſte out of the ſame, and it worketh in them that be ſinners and repentant, great comforte, and conſolacion, to obteine remiſſion of ſinne, by vertue of Chriſtes...1543 June 7, Henry VIII of England, “The Nynthe Article. The Holy Catholike Churche.”, in A Necessary Doctrine and Erudicion for Any Chrysten Man, Set furth by the Kynges Maiestye of Englande, &c....
    Synonyms:
    relief, solace
  2. The prize or benefit for the loser.
  3. A consolation goal.

Questions about consolations

What is consolations the plural of?
Consolations is the plural of consolation.

Words near consolations in the dictionary

  1. consolation goals
  2. consolation prize
  3. consolation prizes
  4. consolational
  5. consolationes
  6. consolations
  7. consolator
  8. consolatories
  9. consolatorily
  10. consolatoriness
  11. consolators

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