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† vadimony Obs.
Also 6 vady-, 7 vademony.
[ad. L. vadimōnium, f. vad-, vas bail, surety.]
A pledge or recognisance.
1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) 2 That they haue ther vadymonies [printed -memes] and weddes: the xiiii. artycle. c1620A. Hume Brit. Tongue (1865) 22 The accent in the fourth syllab from the end; as in mátrimonie, pátrimonie, vádimonie. 1654Warren Unbelievers 48 His Obligation was arbitrary and voluntary; not arising from the guilt of..sin, but by way of vadimony, and susception. 1699J. Barry Reviv. Cordial (1802) 80 In this work,..which he himself, as vademony and surety for God's elect, hath undertaken to..perform. |