quiritation

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noun

A crying for help.

OriginLatin quiritatio →
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Meanings

nounquiritation (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralobsoleterareA 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

  1. Latinquiritatio
  2. Englishquiritation

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

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APA

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Chicago

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