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pernoctation|pɜːnɒkˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. pernoctātiōn-em a passing the night, n. of action f. pernoctāre: see prec.]
The action of passing or spending the night; esp. in Eccl. use, spending the night in prayer; an all-night vigil.
1633Prynne Histriomastix 429 Those Diabolicall pernoctations which are this day practised. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. i. Disc. iv. §16. 128 Instances of sack-cloth,..long fasts, pernoctation in prayers. 1725H. Bourne Antiq. Vulg. xii. 117 Among the primitive Christians the Lord's day was always ushered in with a Pernoctation or Vigil. 1839W. O. Manning Law Nations iv. vi. (1875) 194 The rule of pernoctation and twenty-four hours possession. 1893Dict. Nat. Biog. XXXV. 334/1 He [F.H.H.A. Mahomed]..used to go to Cambridge evey evening by the last train in order to perform the pernoctation essential for keeping a term. |