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† enˈsignment Obs.
[a. OF. enseignement, f. enseigner to teach; cf. ensign v. and -ment.]
1. a. The action or process of showing or teaching, instruction; b. concr. that which is taught, a lesson; also, a means of instruction.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. iii. (1495) 107 He that hath the brayne nesshe, thynne and clere is swifte and good of enseynement and techynge. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour L iij, I shalle telle yow what Salamon therof seyth in the book of thenseygnement. 1493Festivall (W. de W. 1515) 154 And whan all y⊇ people come soo togyder at this ensygnement. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iv. vi. 177 A ryght profytable insygnement of the practyse that the confessour ought to holde. 1575in Laneham's Let. (1871) 93 He ensued not the ensygnementes nor the doctryne of the dyuyne sapyence. 1600Holland Livy v. li. 212 We are made an example and ensignement [documento] to the whole world.
2. A badge or symbol of office; = ensign n. 4.
1567R. Mulcaster Fortescue's De Laud. Leg. 121 A white quoife of silke: whiche is the principal and chief insignement of habite wherewith serjeantes at lawe in their creation are decked. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xii. (1632) 703 King Edward also deuised..distinctive habites and ensignements, whereof the principall was the azure Garter. |