abaisance

English

Etymology

From Old French abaissance.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /əˈbeɪzəns/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

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. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abaisance”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
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