Cre-ā'tion, n.

noun

n. [Lat. creatio, Fr. création, Pr. creatio, creazo, Sp. creacion, It. creazione. See CREATE.] 1. The act of creating, causing to exist, or constituting; especially, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

Chaos heard his voice: him all his train Followed in bright succession to behold Creation, and the wonders of his might. Milton.

Sense 2. The act of investing with a new character; constitution; appointment; formation. “An Irish peer of recent creation.” Landor.

Sense 3. That which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or the universe.

Nor could the tender, new creation bear Th’ excessive heats or coldness of the year. Dryden.

A false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain. Shak.