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velitations

velitations is the plural of velitation.

Meaning of velitation

Noun

velitation (plural velitations)

  1. (archaic) A fight or skirmish.
    • Yet in this your velitation, you bring moſt of your valiant men into the feild, leaving out ſome few caſſhierd ſoldjers; and brave me with a great many of S. Peters prerogatives, which are indeed but a cold yron for the Pope. For though al you ſay for Peter were granted, yet nothing at al is ſayd...1615, Henry Ainsworth, The Trying Out of the Truth

Questions about velitations

What is velitations the plural of?
Velitations is the plural of velitation.

Words near velitations in the dictionary

  1. veliparib
  2. Velislav
  3. velitaries
  4. velitary
  5. velitation
  6. velitations
  7. velite
  8. Veliterni
  9. Veliternian
  10. Veliternians
  11. velites

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