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prosperation rare.|prɒspəˈreɪʃən|
Now only dial.
[ad. late or med.L. prosperātiōn-em, n. of action f. prosper-āre to prosper. Cf. obs. F. prosperation (1512 in Godef.).]
Prosperity.
c1470Harding Chron. lxxxvii. xii. (MS. Arch. Seld. B. 10) Þe Churche [might haue be] preserued in greate prosperacioun. 1828Craven Gloss. (ed. 2), Prosperation, success, good luck. 1856Hinchliffe Hist. Barthomley 145 One old song..was always sung at these meetings [Annual Churchwardens' Dinner],..which I insert below... ‘Come, brave boys, prosperation Be to the Church and Nation!’ 1883Burne Shropsh. Folk-Lore 471 [At Much Wenlock] each of the new burgesses was required to stand up in turn and empty the cup to the toast of ‘Prosperation To the Corporation’. |