meditation

  • 81meditation — noun a) A devotional exercise of, or leading to contemplation b) A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject. See Also …

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  • 82Meditation — An act of devotion, spiritual contemplation, by which the soul seeks a close relationship with God …

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  • 83meditation — Synonyms and related words: Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Paternoster, a wise passiveness, absorbed attention, absorption, advisement, aid prayer, appeal, application, beadroll, beads, beseechment, bidding prayer, breviary,… …

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  • 84Meditation — Eftertanke, Grublen …

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  • 85meditation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. examination, contemplation, speculation; see reflection 1 , study 2 , thought 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. deep thought, reflection, contemplation, musing, rumination, cogitation, concentration, reverie, chewing… …

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  • 86Meditation — Me|di|ta|ti|on 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: en〉 1. religiöse Versenkung 2. tiefes Nachdenken, sinnendes Betrachten [Etym.: <lat. meditatio »Nachsinnen, Denken«] …

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  • 87Meditation — Meditatio̱n [zu lat. meditari = über etwas nachdenken, nachsinnen] w; , en: aus religiösen Riten in die Medizin übernommene Technik der Selbstversenkung, z. B. im autogenen Training …

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  • 88Meditation — Me|di|ta|ti|on die; , en <aus lat. meditatio »das Nachdenken« zu meditari, vgl. ↑meditieren>: 1. Nachdenken; sinnende Betrachtung. 2. geistige Sammlung als Weg zur Selbstfindung u. Erleuchtung (Rel., Philos., Psychol.) …

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  • 89MEDITATION —    a religious practice found in the YOGIC and ABRAMIC TRADITIONS which involves many different techniques to attain a spiritual state often described as communion with the divine or, in the case of BUDDHISM, the trans divine …

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  • 90meditation — med·i·ta·tion || ‚medɪ teɪʃn n. musing; reflection, contemplation; act of meditating; act of deep thought or consideration …

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