maintenement

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Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

maintenir +‎ -ment.

Noun[edit]

maintenement oblique singular, m (oblique plural maintenemenz or maintenementz, nominative singular maintenemenz or maintenementz, nominative plural maintenement)

  1. support; aid; help
    • c. 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, line 1461:
      Il seit de nus maintenement, e de nus seit fundement
      He [God] is our support, and our foundation
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