Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for O-VA'TION
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O-VA'TION, n. [L. ovatio.]
In Roman antiquity, a lesser triumph allowed to commanders who had conquered without blood, or defeated an inconsiderable enemy. – Encyc.
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