The act or practice of contemplation; deep, sustained thinking or observation.
From Latin 'contemplatura,' a noun form built from 'contemplari.' This archaic term follows the medieval pattern of creating abstract nouns with the '-ture' suffix to describe activities or states.
This word is almost extinct in English, but it survives in specialized philosophical texts—it's the kind of word medieval monks might have used when describing their spiritual practices in Latin.
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