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allowment ? Obs.|əˈlaʊmənt| [f. allow + -ment; or perh. a. Fr. *allouement.] The action of allowing or sanctioning; sanction, approval.
1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 96/2 Bicause God would vse this man in great matters, he gaue a greater allowment of him, then he did of others. Ibid. 483/1 The kynde of allowement which all they must haue, that are set in any publique office. |