inquietation arch.
(ɪnkwaɪəˈteɪʃən)
[a. OF. inquietation (1342 in Godef.), ad. med.L. inquiētātion-em, n. of action f. inquiētāre to inquiet.]
The action of inquieting, disturbing, or molesting; the fact or condition of being inquieted; = next.
| 1461 Rolls Parlt. V. 487/2 Extorcions, Robberies, Murdres been multiplied and contynued within this Reame, to the grete disturbaunce and inquietation of the same. 1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII, c. 12 Preamble, The inquyetacion and damage of the Kyngs people. 1647 Trapp Comm. Matt. xiii. 23 Thine earnest pantings, inquietations, and desires of better cannot but commend thee much to God. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 727 The Disease to which a continual inquietation is joined, is terminated within four dayes. [1878 R. W. Dixon Hist. Ch. Eng. I. i. 39 During the same period the complaints of the clergy concerning the inquietation of the times never ceased.] |