ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Excubation

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Excubation is a noun meaning (obsolete) A keeping watch; a vigil.

Meaning

(obsolete) A keeping watch; a vigil.

Example Sentences

Yseult, who was not in the secret, demanded the reason of this perpetual excubation, and was, for the first time, informed that Tristan had sent for the queen of Cornwall.
Infinitely more so than the lucubrations Is the necessity there is for excubations. Hard's the duty in three watches—worse watch and watch— Expos'd to the elements without a thatch […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vigilance, vigil, await, waiting, vigilancy, pervigilation.

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