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reservation [ res·er·va·tion ]

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ˌrezərˈveɪʃn ]
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ˌrezəˈveɪʃn ]
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Noun

1. The action of reserving something.

Has the 33 per cent reservation really helped women?

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2. An arrangement whereby something, especially a seat or room, is reserved for a particular person.

A room reservation form should be sent directly to the hotel.

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3. (in church use) the practice of retaining a portion of the consecrated elements after Mass for communion of the sick or as a focus for devotion.

The bishop managed to secure small majorities on the propositions that he should allow reservation for the sick.

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4. An expression of doubt qualifying overall approval of a plan or statement.

some generals voiced reservations about making air strikes

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5. An area of land set aside for occupation by North American Indians or Australian Aboriginal people.

the boy's family live on a reservation

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6. A right or interest retained in an estate being conveyed.

Compliance with the reservation also constituted a covenant under the lease.

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7. (in the Roman Catholic Church) the action of a superior of reserving to himself the power of absolution.

Jurisdiction and the reservation of absolution of particularly serious sins for pedagogical reasons are defended later.

8. A right reserved to the Pope of nomination to a vacant benefice.

Reservations, instead of being the exception, became very general, and, as a result, the eyes of all ambitious clerics were turned towards Rome from which they hoped to receive promotion, whether their immediate superiors deemed them worthy or unworthy.

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Origin

1. Late Middle English (denoting the Pope's right of nomination to a benefice): from Old French, or from late Latin reservatio(n-), from reservare ‘keep back’ (see reserve).

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