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recollectedness|rɛkəˈlɛktɪdnɪs|
[-ness.]
1. The state of being concentrated or absorbed in religious meditation.
a1699Bonnell in W. Hamilton Life 11 (1703) 111 In such intentness and recollectedness of Thought, that we are hardly sensible ourselves, that we are at our Devotions. 1862Goulburn Pers. Relig. 130 That the mind should ever and anon..be called home for a second or two to the Presence of God..: this is the meaning of recollectedness of spirit. 1891Month LXXIII. 36 During the Adorable Sacrifice..a most profound recollectedness was observed.
2. Collectedness or clearness of thought.
1857S. Wilberforce in Life (1881) II. x. 339, I spoke with recollectedness and power. 1876C. M. Yonge Womankind xxviii. 245 How many negligences have not also been committed in the flurry which prevents all recollectedness.
3. The quality of having been recalled to memory.
1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) I. 295 In every instance there exists a point of time down to which recollectedness and suggestedness are qualities of which no man's testimony can be deprived. |