comencement
Old French
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editcomencement oblique singular, m (oblique plural comencemenz or comencementz, nominative singular comencemenz or comencementz, nominative plural comencement)
- start; beginning
- c. 1200, Marie de France, Prologue des lais:
- Ore oëz le comencement! - Now, listen to the beginning!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)