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† proˈmission Obs.
[a. F. promission (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. prōmissiōn-em a promising, n. of action from prōmitt-ĕre: see promit v.]
= promise n. (esp. in sense 2): orig. and chiefly, as in promise n. 2 b, in phrase land of promission.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 4131 [Moses] Saȝ ðe lond of promission. a1300Cursor M. 6924 Þis Iuus, fild wit vn-resun, In-to þe land o promission Thoru moyses ne come þai noght. c1400Mandeville Prol. (1839) 1 Holy Lond..men callen..the lond of Promyssioun. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. i. (1520) 6 b/2 Eleazar and Iosue deuyded the lande of promyssyon to ye chyldren of Israell. 1588Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 316 So great store of prouision yt it seemeth to be y⊇ land of promission.
c1440J. Capgrave St. Kath. iii. 1429 At this eyte dayes ende, as was promyssion, Cometh oure lady wyth lyght doun from euene. c1440Gesta Rom. xxxiv. 134 (Harl. MS.) This is a grete promissioun that thowe makest to me. 1529Frith Pistle to Chr. Rdr. Wks. (1829) 469 We..are the children of promission as Isaac was. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 217 b, Chyldren..which are also partakers of the godly promission. |