Obs. rare. [as if ad. L. *ēlocātiōn-em, n. of action f. ēlocāre, lit. to place out, f. ē out + -locāre to place.]
1. Removal from a person’s control.
1649. Bp. Hall, Cases Consc. (1650), 294. When the child by … former elocation shall be out of the Parents disposing.
2. fig. Alienation (of mind), ecstasy.
a. 1619. Fotherby, Atheom., I. v. § 1 (1622), 30. In all Poesie … there must be … an elocation, and emotion of the minde.
