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(1):

(n.) A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices.

(2):

(n.) A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse before.

(3):

(n.) The state of being reserved, or kept in store.

(4):

(n.) A tract of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc.

(5):

(n.) A proviso.

(6):

(n.) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick.

(7):

(n.) Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or not given up or brought forward.

(8):

(n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Reservation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/reservation.html. 1828.
 
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