Exercise
Exercise ( lat. Exercitium 'exercise') means:
- spiritual, mental exercise, often in a religious context; see retreat
- outdated expression for school exercise or housework; see homework
- outdated expression for exercise in general, later especially in the military; see Exercise
- Appropriate exercises for the aristocracy consisting of riding, fencing and dancing. This found its continuation at the universities , where there were fencing, riding and dancing masters for this purpose.
- When rubbing a salamander (ritual) , the command ad exercitium salamandri occurs as part of the ritual .