Obs. rare. [a. OF. solacion, solation, or ad. L. type *sōlātio, f. sōlārī to console.] a. Rejoicing, joy. b. Consolation.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 436/3. In thys tyme of pasque our moder holy chyrche … maketh Solacyon for the resurrexyon of Jhesu cryste.
a. 1500[?]. Chester Pl. (E.E.T.S.), I. 21. Now sithe I am thus … set in my solation, a biglie blisse here will I builde.
1757. Mrs. Griffith, Lett. Henry & Frances (1766), II. 10. There are pleasures and solations indulged by Providence to every stage of life.
