House of assignation

House of assignation
Assignation As`sig*na"tion, n. [L. assignatio, fr. assignare: cf. F. assignation.] 1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment. [1913 Webster]

This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces. --Holland. [1913 Webster]

2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense. [1913 Webster]

While nymphs take treats, or assignations give. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment. [1913 Webster]

{House of assignation}, a house in which appointments for sexual intercourse are fulfilled. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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