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Lation
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lation
lation
English
Noun
lation (plural lations)
- (astrology, obsolete) Motion of a celestial object from one place to another; local motion.
- Copernicus placed the Sun at the centre of the Universe, exempt from any sort of lation.
- 17th century, John Donne, Elegy XI: The Autumnal
- Since such love's natural lation is, may still
- My love descend, and journey down the hill,
- Not panting after growing beauties. So,
- I shall ebb on with them who homeward go.
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.