comessation

English

Etymology

From Middle English comessacoun, comessacyoun, commessacion, commessacioun, from Middle French comessacion and its etymon Latin cōmessātiō, cōmissātiō.[1][2]

Noun

comessation (countable and uncountable, plural comessations)

  1. (now historical and somewhat rare) Feasting, banqueting.
    • 1658, Joseph Hall, The Devout Soul, Or, Rules of Heavenly Devotion Also the Free Prisoner, Or, the Comfort of Restraint:
      Is it a small benefit, that I am placed there […] where I see no drunken comessations, no rebellious routs, no violent oppressions, no obscene rejoicings, nor ought else that might either vex or affright my soul?
    • 2001 spring, Joseph Byrne, “Sabine Eiche, ed., Ordine et officij de casa de lo Illustrissimo Signor Duca de Urbino […]”, in Margaret L. King, editor, Renaissance Quarterly, volume LIV, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Renaissance Society of America, →ISSN, →OCLC, Reviews, page 266:
      Most essays deal with literary sources, but food symbolism for Saint Catherine of Siena (Luce d’Eramo), famine in chronicles (Corinne Lucas), and depictions of sacred and profane comessation in sixteenth-century art (Hélène Albani) add variety to the mix.

References

  1. ^ “comessāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ “comessation, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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