“meditations” is a form of
meditation
/mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/ noun
Forms meditations
- noun A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
- noun Any of various types of achieving more or less altered states of consciousness, such as vacancy of mind or prolonged contemplation on a single sensation or thought, through relaxed or focused mental and physical activity generally of a nonstrenuous and non–substance-induced nature.
- noun A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject. “Her book is less a cookbook than a meditation on the craft of cookery.”
- noun A musical theme treated in a meditative manner.
- noun Careful and thorough thought. “deep meditation”
Synonyms
cogitation contemplation deliberation mulling musing pondering reflection rethinking reconsideration rumination thought speculation
Etymology
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”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing.
- noun Thought; --without regard to kind. [Obs.]
Etymology [OE. meditacioun, F. méditation, fr. L. meditatio.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “meditation”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details