abaisance
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French abaissance.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /əˈbeɪzəns/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]abaisance (plural abaisances)
- Obsolete form of obeisance. [from the late 17th century to the mid 18th century][1]
- 1675, Richard Allestree, The art of contentment:
- Haman can find no gust in all the sensualities of the Persian Court, because a poor despicable Jew denies his abaisance.
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abaisance”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.