-ure

-ure

suff.1. Act; process; condition: erasure.2. a. Function; office: judicature.b. Body performing a function: legislature.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -ūra.]

-ure

suffix forming nouns 1. indicating act, process, or result: seizure. 2. indicating function or office: legislature; prefecture. [from French, from Latin -ūra]

-ure

an abstract-noun suffix of action, result, and instrument, occurring in loanwords from French and Latin: pressure; legislature. [< French -ure < Latin -ūra]