Meanings
nouncherishment (countable and uncountable, plural cherishments)
plural cherishments
- countablerareuncountablethe act of cherishing
- countableobsoleteuncountableencouragement; comfort
rich bounty and dear cherishment
1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Teares of the Muses”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC
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