adjument
/ˈæd͡ʒʊmənt/
adjument noun: help; support; that which or one who helps or supports.
Noun
adjument (plural adjuments)
- Help; support; that which or one who helps or supports.
- Thus their office is declared to ne these particulars following: […] 3. To be adjuments, or assistants, to the bishops in cathedrals, as be the archdeacons abroad; […] .1641 June 15, Charles I: Debate on a Motion for abolishing of Deans, Chapters, &c., 1807, The Parliamentary History of England, Volume II: 1625—1642, Hansard, page 831
- But by all things needful or requisite, all necessary power either operative or elective, all necessary instruments and adjuments extrinsical and intrinsical, and all conditions are intended.1656, Thomas Hobbes, John Bramhall, “The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity and Chance, Clearly Stated and Debated between Dr. Bramhall and Thomas Hobbes”, in William Molesworth, editor, The...
Forms of adjument
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Origin of adjument
Latin adiūmentum, for adiuvāmentum, inflected form of adiuvō (“to help”), from ad- (“toward, to”) + iuvō (“to help”).
Words formed from adjument
Questions about adjument
- What does adjument mean?
- Adjument means help; support; that which or one who helps or supports.
- What part of speech is adjument?
- Adjument is a noun.
- How do you pronounce adjument?
- Adjument is pronounced /ˈæd͡ʒʊmənt/.
- What is the plural of adjument?
- The plural of adjument is adjuments.
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