something created
We are God's creations
an original work of art
often derog a product of some art or craft, e.g. dressmaking or cookery, esp if somewhat striking
a hideous creation in mauve and magenta tulle
the world
Novels … are the stupidest things in creation — Jane Austen
creatures singly or collectively
The appetite for joy which pervades all creation — Hardy
(the Creation) the act of bringing the world into ordered existence