stabiliment

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/stəˈbɪlɪmənt/

noun

The act of making firm

OriginLatin stābilimentum →
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Meanings

nounstabiliment (countable and uncountable, plural stabiliments)

plural stabiliments

  1. archaiccountableuncountableThe act of making firm
  2. countableuncountableFirm support

    They serve for stabiliment, propagation, and shade.

    1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC
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    For the Faith of a Chriſtian is not made up of every true propoſition; but of thoſe things which are the foundation of our obedience to God in Jeſus Chriſt, and the endearment of our duty, and the ſtabiliment of our hope.

    1660, Jeremy Taylor, “Rule XIV. The Christian Law both of Faith and Manners is Fully Contained in the Holy Scriptures; and from thence Onely can the Conscience Have Divine Warrant and Authority”, in Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume I, London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC, book II (Of the Rule of Conscience. […]), paragraph 63, page 509

Origin

  1. Latinstābilimentum
  2. Englishstabiliment

From Latin stābilimentum. Equivalent to stable + -ment.

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