Obs. [ad. L. commorātiōnem, n. of action f. commorā-ri: see prec.; cf. mod. F. commoration.] Dwelling, abiding, sojourning.
1612–5. Bp. Hall, Contempl. O. T., XIX. vi. An opportunity of his commoration amongst them.
1651. Howell, Venice, 33. They invited them to … fix their Commoration there.
a. 1652. J. Smith, Sel. Disc., V. 175. The commoration of the soul in such a body as this.
1851. Mem. of Beddoes, in Poems, 122. The audacity of ghostly ‘commoration’ with flesh and blood.
