Obs. [n. of action f. L. adōrnāt- ppl. stem of adōrnāre: see ADORN. As if ad. L. *adōrnātiōn-em.] The act of adorning; also that with which anything is adorned; adornment, decoration; ornament.
1597. J. King, Fun. Serm., in Comm. on Jonah (1864), 320. Making show to the world, under his glorious adornations, that he is of some better substance.
1616. T. Adams, Pract. Wks. (1861), II. 439. Fair monuments of her beauty and adornation.
1631. Markham, Way to Wealth, 3. II. ii. (1668), 87. They are so useful for adornation.
1676. Bullokar, Adornation, a decking or trimming.
[So 1721. in Bailey.
1775. Ash, ‘Not much used.’]
