† ˈstablement Obs.
Also 5 stabilement, establement.
[a. OF. establement, f. establir: see stable v. and -ment. Cf. L. stabilīmentum.]
a. An ordinance, regulation: = establishment. b. Something that establishes or supports.
| c 1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 55 First soueraynly it fallys to a kynge þat he attempre hym with trewe stablements & lawes. 1423 City Lond. Cal. Let. Bk. I (1909) 290 And if ony..wolde take onything ageyn this stabilement, no man be bounden to obeye to him. Ibid. 291 If any fele him greved ageyn this establement. 1481 Tully of Old Age (Caxton) i. 1 b (R.), The life to come is the stablement and the propre house of myne undedly soule. a 1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 554 The Church of Rome is the pillar and stablement of truth. |