(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:34:50

Ab*bre"vi*a*ture (#), n.

1.

An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.

[Obs.]

2.

An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.

This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a Christian. Jer. Taylor.

 

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