Definition of Cessations

1. Noun. (plural of cessation) ¹

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Definition of Cessations

1. cessation [n] - See also: cessation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cessations

cesium 137
cesium chloride
cesium chloride gradient centrifugation
cesium isotopes
cesium radioisotopes
cesiums
cespitine
cespitose
cespitosely
cespitous
cesplumtantite
cess
cess-pit
cessation
cessationism
cessations
cesse
cessed
cesser
cessers
cesses
cessile
cessing
cession
cessionaries
cessionary
cessions
cessment
cessments
cessor

Literary usage of Cessations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical by Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Anna Letitia Aikin Barbauld (1820)
"... modesty in the cessations;—that he attracted the notice of every person of observation; and also that he received personal commendation from the regent. ..."

2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"27, viz. that the cessations ¡md peaces »'ere of advantage only to the Irish, and highly dishonourable to i in- crown of England, and destructive to the ..."

3. Trade Unionism and Labor Problems by John Rogers Commons (1921)
"either there were no cessations at all, or the number was so slight that it was not included in the tabulations of the United States Geological Survey. ..."

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