stablishmentn.
/ˈstablɪʃmənt/ archaic.† 2. Something established, a statute, ordinance.
1.
a. The action of stablishing or establishing; the condition of being established.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > institution or founding
fasteningeOE
stablishinga1300
groundingc1380
stablingc1380
ordinancec1384
establishingc1400
foundationc1400
fundament1440
stablishment1444
institutionc1460
upsetting1470
erection1508
instituting1534
foundingc1540
erecting1553
constitution1582
establishment1596
plantation1605
instauration1614
institute1641
bottoming1642
ordaining1643
settlement1646
planting1702
incardination1897
1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 75/2 For the perpetuell stablesshement of the same College.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. RRiiii So the stablysshmentes in vertue, and the delectacions in good workes..been the frutes of the Holygost.
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 268 ‘Stablish mee with Thy free Spirit’. Here two things:..First, the particularity of the fauour which Dauid craues, stablishment, confirmation in good.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. i. iv. 144 Not to be punished for sin is the stablissement of Sin.
a1711 T. Ken Hymns for Festivals in Wks. (1721) I. 338 May we..Thy sacred Truth embrace, With strength of Faith, and Stablishment in Grace.
1898 S. Evans Holy Graal 103 Prayer to God that He would recover back the walls in such stablishment as they were aforetime.
b. Confirmed possession.
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the mind > possession > [noun] > confirmed possession
stablishmenta1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vi. 9 Vnto her, He gaue the stablishment of Egypt. View more context for this quotation
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society > law > [noun] > edict, decree, ordinance, or institute
doomc825
i-setnessec900
setnessc950
edict1297
statutec1300
purveyancea1325
assize1330
ordinancec1330
decreetc1374
constitutionc1380
decree?a1400
sizea1400
stablementc1400
edictionc1470
stablishment1473
ordinationc1499
estatutea1514
placarda1530
prescript1532
golden bull1537
rescript1545
institute1546
institution1551
constitutec1561
sanction1570
decretal1588
ordain1596
decretum1602
invention1639
scite1656
dispositive1677
bull1696
ordonnance1702
subnotation1839
senatus consultum1875
fatwa1989
1473 Rolls of Parl. VI. 83/1 Any other Acte, Statute, Stablisshement or Ordenaunce, made or to be made in this present Parlement.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. cccli Vnder which lawe..bothe..arne..bounden..as by knotte of loues statutes and stablysshment in kynde.
3. A means of establishing or strengthening.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > [noun] > a source or means of
strengthinga1400
confirmator1485
stablishment1533
strengthening1571
strengthener1579
corroborative1601
strength1615
corroboration1670
re-enforcer1832
reinforcer1873
vertebration1884
1533 T. More Confut. Tyndale vii, in Wks. 665/1 To thentent that his catholike church may be to euery man that wil learne therof & giue credence therunto as himself commaundeth eueri man to do, a very sure stablishment and a stronge pyller of trouthe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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