meditation
me·di·ta·tion
noun
continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
- “the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge”
(religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
Origin
From Old French meditacion, from Latin meditatio, from meditatus, the past participle of meditārī (“to meditate, to think over, consider”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, limit, consider, advise”).
Phrases
- mass meditation
- theta meditation
- transcendental meditation
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