† 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.
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 4131 [Moses] Saȝ ðe lond of promission. a 1300 Cursor M. 6924 Þis Iuus, fild wit vn-resun, In-to þe land o promission Thoru moyses ne come þai noght. c 1400 Mandeville Prol. (1839) 1 Holy Lond..men callen..the lond of Promyssioun. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. i. (1520) 6 b/2 Eleazar and Iosue deuyded the lande of promyssyon to ye chyldren of Israell. 1588 Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 316 So great store of prouision y{supt} it seemeth to be y⊇ land of promission. |
| c 1440 J. Capgrave St. Kath. iii. 1429 At this eyte dayes ende, as was promyssion, Cometh oure lady wyth lyght doun from euene. c 1440 Gesta Rom. xxxiv. 134 (Harl. MS.) This is a grete promissioun that thowe makest to me. 1529 Frith Pistle to Chr. Rdr. Wks. (1829) 469 We..are the children of promission as Isaac was. 1560 J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 217 b, Chyldren..which are also partakers of the godly promission. |