The Collaborative International Dictionary
Literation
Literation \Lit`er*a"tion\ (l[i^]t`[~e]r*[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. littera, litera, letter.] The act or process of representing by letters.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
literation
"representation of sounds by alphabetic letters," 1843, from Latin litera (see letter (n.1)) + -ation.
Wiktionary
literation
n. The act or process of representing by letters.