What does contristation mean?
Definitions for contristation
con·tris·ta·tion
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Contristationnoun
The act of making sad; the state of being made sad; sorrow; heaviness of heart; sadness; sorrowfulness; gloominess; grief; moan; mournfulness; trouble; discontent; melancholy.
Etymology: from contristate.
Incense and nidorous smells, such as were of sacrifices, were thought to intoxicate the brain, and to dispose men to devotion; which they may do by a kind of sadness and contristation of the spirits, and partly also by heating and exalting them. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 932.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of contristation in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of contristation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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