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taintment

taintment is the obsolete form of attaintment.

Meaning of attaintment

Noun

attaintment (countable and uncountable, plural attaintments)

  1. (archaic) Attainder, attainture; conviction.
    • There is that prouokes me to speake against this law of attaintment, they say I am not indifferent.1553, Hugh Latimer, “The fourth Sermon […]”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, made vppon the lords Prayer […], published 1562, folio 63ᵛ

Forms of taintment

pluraltaintments

Questions about taintment

What is taintment the obsolete form of?
Taintment is the obsolete form of attaintment.

Words near taintment in the dictionary

  1. tainteth
  2. tainting
  3. taintless
  4. taintlessly
  5. taintlessness
  6. taintment
  7. taintments
  8. taintor
  9. taintors
  10. taintproof
  11. taints

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