induement

English

Etymology

From indue +‎ -ment. Compare indument and enduement.

Noun

induement (countable and uncountable, plural induements)

1. The act of induing, or state of being indued; endowment, investment.
   • 1648, Walter Montagu, “The Thirteenth Treatise. Handling whether to be in Love, and to be Devout, are Inconsistent. §. VI. Presumption upon Our Vertue Discussed, and the Danger thereof Remonstrated.”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia: Or, Devout Essaies, London: […] W[illiam] Lee, D[aniel] Pakeman, and G[abriel] Bedell, […], →OCLC, page 170:

     His [Solomon's] ſo ſingular induement vvith the holy Spirit vvas not ſecurity againſt the danger of this preſumption: vve are vvarned by the Apoſtle, not to extinguiſh the Spirit, and nothing puts it out ſo ſoon as the bodyes being ſet on fire, […]

References

• “induement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.