Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A staying, tarrying, or sojourning: as, “his commoration among them,”

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The act of staying or residing in a place.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete The act of staying or residing somewhere.

Etymologies

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Latin commoratio.

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Examples

  • I'd really like to see a prize for the best portrait of somebody who's worthy of commoration but who is actually just an ordinary person.

    Making a Mark 2009

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