evolation

English

Etymology

Latin evolatio.

Noun

evolation (plural evolations)

1. (obsolete) A flying out or up.
   • a. 1656, Bishop Joseph Hall, The Christian : Laid Forth in His Whole Disposition and Carriage:

     Upon the wings of this Faith , is the soul ready to mount up toward that heaven , which is open to receive it ; and , in that act of evolation , puts itself into the hands of those blessed angels

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “evolation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)