stabiliment
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Etymology edit
From Latin stābilimentum. Equivalent to stable + -ment.
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Noun edit
stabiliment (countable and uncountable, plural stabiliments)
- (archaic) The act of making firm
- Firm support
- 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, 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:
- They serve for stabiliment, propagation, and shade.
References edit
- “stabiliment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Noun edit
stabiliment m (plural stabilimenti)
- Alternative form of stabbiliment: establishment
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian stabilimento. By surface analysis, stabili + -ment.
Noun edit
stabiliment n (plural stabilimente)
- establishment
- Synonyms: așezământ, întreprindere