devocation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin devocare (“to call off or away”), from de + vocare (“to call”).
Noun edit
devocation (plural devocations)
- A calling off or away.
- 1681, Henry Hallywell, Melampronoea:
- […] be freed and released from all its Blandishments and flattering Devocations
References edit
- “devocation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.