资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Parentation \Par`en*ta"tion\, n. [L. parentatio, fr. parentare
   to offer a solemn sacrifice in honor of deceased parents. See
   {Parent}.]
   Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies.
   [Obs.] --Abp. Potter.