munity
English
editEtymology
editSee immunity.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmunity
- (obsolete) Immunity; freedom; security.
- 1648, Walter Montagu, “The Fourth Treatise. Of Devotion. §. II. Devotion Described a More Familiar Way, and the Best Naturall Temper in Order thereunto.”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia: Or, Devout Essaies, London: […] W[illiam] Lee, D[aniel] Pakeman, and G[abriel] Bedell, […], →OCLC, page 35:
- […] I might ſhevv them hovv Devotion comming and poſſeſſing our mindes, doth rather compoſe the munity, then infringe the true liberty of our affections.
References
edit- “munity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.