abaisance

English

Etymology

From Old French abaissance.[1]

Noun

abaisance (plural abaisances)

  1. Obsolete form of obeisance. [from the late 17th century to the mid 18th century][1]
    • 1675, Richard Allestree, The art of contentment:
      Haman can find no gust in all the sensualities of the Persian Court, because a poor despicable Jew denies his abaisance.

References
  1. “abaisance” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
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