† brevementbrievementn.
Obsolete.
The action of inditing or entering in books; concrete an entry.
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c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 39 All other offycers that must be at the brevement, have their breakfaste together in the Compting-house, after the breavementes be made.
1539 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 228–231 The Clerke of the Greencloth shall..cast up all the particular Breifments of the House after they shall be comptrolled.
1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. ii. xii. 101 All bills of Comptrolment, parcels, and brievements are allotted and allowed by the Clerks-comptrollers.
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