induement

English

Etymology

From indue +‎ -ment. Compare indument and enduement.

Noun

induement (countable and uncountable, plural induements)

The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment.
- 1648, Walter Montagu, Miscellanea Spiritualia, or Devout Essaies:
  we see that his so singular induement with the holy Spirit was not security against the danger of this presumption

References

“induement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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