meditation
the act of meditating.
continued or extended thought; reflection; contemplation.
devout religious contemplation or spiritual introspection.
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How to use meditation in a sentence
He turns a visit to a prefab home emporium into a meditation on wealth as a path to spiritual legitimacy.
Charles D’Ambrosio’s X-Ray Vision Is On Full Display In His New Essay Collection. | Steve Almond | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd critics say that celebrity meditation-boosters like Arianna Huffington and David Lynch offer more flash than substance.
One million Americans are taking up mindfulness meditation each year.
In recent years, mindfulness meditation, which is derived from Buddhist Vipassana techniques, has exploded in popularity.
meditation is all about training yourself to “course correct in thinking and movement,” says Gervais.
The hum of earnest or glad voices here contrasted strongly with silence and meditation there.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyFor forty years Anastatia Dodd had lived in maiden meditation fancy free.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsHe continued to walk the room from hour to hour, in perturbed meditation on all that he had seen and heard through the day.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterWe recommend the subject for meditation to the profoundest metaphysicians.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Lofty trees cast their gigantic shadows along the ground, and promised a secure asylum to peaceful meditation.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for meditation
/ (ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən) /
the act of meditating; contemplation; reflection
contemplation of spiritual matters, esp as a religious practice
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