Per`noc*ta"tion (?), n. [L. pernoctatio, fr. pernoctare to stay all night; per + nox, noctis, night.]

The act or state of passing the whole night; a remaining all night.

"Pernoctation in prayer."

Jer. Taylor.

 

© Webster 1913.

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