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|lshtext=<b>commŏrātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[commoror]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[dwelling]], [[tarrying]], [[abiding]], [[lingering]], sojourning (so [[only]] in Cic.): [[villa]] et [[amoenitas]] [[illa]] commorationis est, non deversorii, is [[suitable]] for a [[place]] of [[residence]], Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 1: tabellariorum, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23 (and perh. urbana, id. Fam. 9, 15, 3). —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In rhet. lang., a delaying, [[dwelling]] [[upon]] [[some]] [[important]] [[point]], Auct. Her. 4, 45, 58; Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 202; Quint. 9, 1, 27; 9, 2, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., an [[abiding]] [[place]], [[dwelling]] ([[late]] Lat.), Vulg. Act. 1, 20; id. 3 Esd. 1, 21; 9, 37.
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