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tumultuation Now rare.|tjuːmʌltjuːˈeɪʃən| [ad. L. tumultuātiōn-e, n. of action from tumultuāri: see prec. and -ation. Cf. OF. tumultuation (13th c.).] The action of making a tumult; a condition of tumult; commotion, disturbance, agitation.
c1475Harl. Contn. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 454 A grete tumultuacion and murmur..amonge the peple. 1559Kennedy Let. to Willock in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) 270. I desire nolder tumultuatioun, cummyr, nor stryfe. 1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature xviii. 326 The tumultuations..of our inordinate affections. 1786G. Frazer Dove's Flight to Thicket 71 The wicked have great tumultuations in their minds. 1883J. Parker Tyne Ch. 109 The tumultuations of His tabernacle. |