instatementn.
/ɪnˈsteɪtmənt/ Now rare.
Instating; establishment.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun] > specifically a person
instating1647
instatementa1677
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [noun]
stablenessa1300
tack1412
steadfastnessc1450
surenessc1450
stability1470
radicationa1500
constance1509
steadiness1530
certitudea1533
firmance1533
staidness1556
establishment1561
settledness1571
settling1582
state1597
groundedness1601
inviscerationa1631
setness1642
unmalleableness1644
fixedness1647
poise1649
inveteracy1716
well-foundedness1735
fixity1791
unmalleability1828
deep-rootedness1860
instatement1877
steady state1885
hard and fastness1897
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 425 Having not onely a just title to what justification doth import, but a real instatement therein.
1746 J. Hervey Refl. Flower-garden 33 in Medit. among Tombs The second Adam was appointed Heir of all Things, visible, as well as invisible: And we hold our Possession of the one, and expect an Instatement in the other, purely by virtue of our Alliance to Him.
1877 M. Arnold Last Ess. on Church & Relig. 47 The instatement of God's kingdom.
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