Pĕr'/noe-tā/tion, n.

n. [Lat. pernoctatio, from pernoctare, to stay all night long, from prefix per, through, and nox, noctis, the night; O. Fr. pernoctation, from pernocter; Sp. pernoctacion.] The act of passing the whole night; a remaining all night. “By instruments of humility, by self-denial, by fasting, and sackcloth, and pernoctations in prayer.” Bp. Taylor.