† stablementn.
Obsolete.
1. An ordinance, regulation: = establishment n.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > [noun] > edict, decree, ordinance, or institute
doomc825
i-setnessec900
setnessc950
edict1297
statutec1300
purveyancea1325
assize1330
ordinancec1330
decreetc1374
constitutionc1380
decree?a1400
sizea1400
stablementc1400
edictionc1470
stablishment1473
ordinationc1499
estatutea1514
placarda1530
prescript1532
golden bull1537
rescript1545
institute1546
institution1551
constitutec1561
sanction1570
decretal1588
ordain1596
decretum1602
invention1639
scite1656
dispositive1677
bull1696
ordonnance1702
subnotation1839
senatus consultum1875
fatwa1989
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 55 First soueraynly it fallys to a kynge þat he attempre hym with trewe stablements & lawes.
1423 City Lond. Cal. Let. Bk. I (1909) 290 And if ony..wolde take onything ageyn this stabilement, no man be bounden to obeye to him.
1423 City Lond. Cal. Let. Bk. I (1909) 291 If any fele him greved ageyn this establement.
2. Something that establishes or supports.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > institution or founding > one who or that which founds or establishes
aginnera1300
founder1340
grounder14..
foundatorc1425
stablement1481
stablisher1535
institutera1538
patriarcha1538
institutor1546
erector1548
inventor1548
fundatrix1549
upsetter1581
establishera1600
co-founder1605
co-foundress1631
planter1632
institutive1644
instaurator1660
institutrix1706
institutress1788
godfather1830
founding father1903
founder member1909
1481 Tully of Old Age (Caxton) i. 1 b (R.) The life to come is the stablement and the propre house of myne undedly soule.
a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 554 The Church of Rome is the pillar and stablement of truth.
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