† certationn.
Obsolete.
a. Contention, strife.
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun]
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c1572 W. Forrest Theophilus 916 in Anglia (1884) 7 104 Man..Shall haue assiste in that certation.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Certation, strife.
b. In the following it appears to be = Certification.
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c1500 Blowbols Test. 60 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 94 He gaf me many a good certacion, With right and holsom predicacion.
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