portendment

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English

Etymology

From portend +‎ -ment.

Noun

portendment (plural portendments)

  1. (archaic) An omen.
    • 1808, Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt, Works: Contemplations on the Old and New Testaments, page 75:
      The prophets of God were to these idolatrous Israelites, like comets; who were never seen, without the portendment of a mischief.