induement
English
Etymology
From indue + -ment. Compare indument and enduement.
Noun
induement (countable and uncountable, plural induements)
- The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment.
- 1648, Walter Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia, or Devout Essaies
- we see that his so singular induement with the holy Spirit was not security against the danger of this presumption
- 1648, Walter Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia, or Devout Essaies
References
- induement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913