stabiliment
English
Etymology
From Latin stābilimentum. Equivalent to stable + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stəˈbɪlɪmənt/
Noun
stabiliment (countable and uncountable, plural stabiliments)
- The act of making firm; firm support; establishment.
- 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 1179528230, book II (Of the Rule of Conscience. […]), paragraph 63, page 509:
- 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.
- 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 2313581:
- They serve for stabiliment, propagation, and shade.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for stabiliment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sta.bɪ.lɪˈmɛnt/
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