consolation (kon so lash on)

[F. con so lati on = Sp. consol a cion = Pg. consol ação = It. consol azione, We have great joy and consolation in thy love. Phile. 7. He met indeed with cold consolation from an "ancient Christian," to whom he opened his case and said he was afraid he had committed the sin against the Holy Ghost; this man, like one of Job's comforters, replied, he thought Southey, Life of Bunyan, p. 29. so too. 2. That which consoles, comforts, or cheers the mind; the cause of being consoled. Waiting for the consolation of Israel. with those of the cities with which they traded, as Barcelona, Marseilles, etc. Its precise date is unknown, but a Spanish edition of it was published at Barcelona at the end of the thirteenth or the beginning of the fourteenth century. It has formed the basis of most of the subsequent compilations of maritime law.