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English
Etymology
From Middle English abeisans, from Old French abaissance.
Pronunciation
Noun
abaisance (plural abaisances)
- Obsolete form of obeisance.
1675, Richard Allestree, The art of contentment:Haman can find no gust in all the sensualities of the Persian Court, because a poor despicable Jew denies his abaisance.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abaisance”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.