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frequentation

[ free-kwuhn-tey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the practice of frequenting; habit of visiting often.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of frequentation1

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French fréquentation < Latin frequentātiōn- (stem of frequentātiō ). See frequent, -ation

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Example Sentences

The end of this commerce is simply privacy, frequentation and conference, the exercise of souls, without other fruit.

Indeed the frequentation and proper reception of the Sacraments themselves largely depend upon it.

It was his frequentation of Walkham's house that had for several years effectively barred her foot from crossing the threshold.

The kings proclamation, then, against the frequentation of taverns was without effect.

Tavern frequentation was also a source of dissipation and trouble.

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