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quiritation

quiritation noun: a crying for help.

Noun

quiritation (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete, rare) A crying for help.
    • How is it then with thee, O Saviour, that thou thus astonishest men and angels with so woeful a quiritation ?1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

Origin of quiritation

Latin quiritatio, from quiritare, "to raise a plaintive cry".

Questions about quiritation

What does quiritation mean?
Quiritation means a crying for help.
What part of speech is quiritation?
Quiritation is a noun.

Words near quiritation in the dictionary

  1. Quiripi
  2. quirister
  3. quiristers
  4. quiritarian
  5. quiritary
  6. quiritation
  7. Quirite
  8. Quirites
  9. quirk
  10. quirk of fate
  11. Quirke

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