Now rare. [ad. L. tumultuātiōn-em, n. of action from tumultuāri: see prec. and -ATION. Cf. OF. tumultuation (13th c.).] The action of making a tumult; a condition of tumult; commotion, disturbance, agitation.
c. 1475. Harl. Contn. Higden (Rolls), VIII. 454. A grete tumultuacion and murmur … amonge the peple.
1559. Kennedy, Lett. to Willock, in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844), 270. I desire nolder tumultuatioun, cummyr, nor stryfe.
1631. R. H., Arraignm. Whole Creature, xviii. 326. The tumultuations … of our inordinate affections.
1786. G. Frazer, Dove’s Flight to Thicket, 71. The wicked have great tumultuations in their minds.
1883. J. Parker, Tyne Ch., 109. The tumultuations of His tabernacle.
