comessation
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]comessation (plural comessations)
- (obsolete) A revelling or rioting.
- 1658, Joseph Hall, The Devout Soul, Or, Rules of Heavenly Devotion Also the Free Prisoner, Or, the Comfort of Restraint:
- Is it a small benefit, that I am placed there […] where I see no drunken comessations, no rebellious routs, no violent oppressions, no obscene rejoicings, nor ought else that might either vex or affright my soul?