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UK
/mˌɛdɪtˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌmɛdəˈteɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌmɛdəˈteɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
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continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge
How To Use meditation In A Sentence
- It is good to have regular practice at something - meditation, at the very least.
- Reading makes a full amn, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.
- The hi-tech visions appear as fully executed architectonic meditations, linking architecture with landscape and making ground-breaking technology an important component of the program. Grand Illusions on the Hudson
- Shivering he slowed his breathing and closed his mind, retreating within himself in one of the meditation rituals.
- Meditation is one way to express mindfulness in a dedicated, concentrated manner.
- Meditation tends to lower or normalize blood pressure.
- During this time, I learned from Shubal that kirtan is a spiritual practice similar to meditation but considered by some to be much more enjoyable because it involves singing, and singing, he says, makes you thoughtless. Sandy Henson Corso: My First Kirtan
- Contemporary British composer Nicolas Maw, no slouch at doing gnarly himself, was represented by "Music of Memory," a suite of mostly nontonal meditations built around a lyrical theme from a Mendelssohn string quartet that made several calming appearances during the piece. News | SH | http://www.heraldtribune.com
- For sources that give contemplations on two stages of bones, the whole skeleton and the disjointed bones are designated as distinct objects for meditation in two sequential stages.
- It was a cavern in the side of a mountain, overshadowed with palm trees, at such a distance from the cataract that nothing more was heard than a gentle uniform murmur, such as composes the mind to pensive meditation, especially when it was assisted by the wind whistling among the branches. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia