sequestration
See also: séquestration
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“sequester”).
Noun edit
sequestration (countable and uncountable, plural sequestrations)
- The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
- 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter X, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 123:
- In possession of ample property, it was not from motives of retrenchment he had quitted the frequented scenes of life; sequestration during the first months of marriage had been his choice, equally as that of his partner; […]
- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 55”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
- At that time there was no rigid sequestration on the islands, and lepers, if they chose, were allowed to go free.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating
See also edit
- sequestration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sequestration in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)