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retainment|rɪˈteɪnmənt|
Also 5 retene-, reteign-, 6 reteygne-, retayne-, 7 reteine-.
[f. retain v. + -ment.]
The (or an) act of retaining; retention; † entertainment, maintenance.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 456 Brennynge mony ryalle maners..and places of the retenement of the duke of Lancastre. 1449Rolls of Parlt. V. 151/1 Such takyng or takynges, recettements, abettementes or reteignementes..shuld be adjugged grete Treson. 1548Geste Pr. Masse 139 Lesse we through reteygnemente and usage therof be occasioned to resume..the sayd bishop. 1595Daniel Civ. Wars iv. lxiv, Though hee had those inforcements of expence Both for offence, retaynements, and defence. 1610Heywood Gold. Age iv. i, It breeds such feare in me, That makes this thy reteinement. 1659H. More Immort. Soul iii. xi. §3 (1713) 207 The Retainment of the same Name which the deceased had here, unless there be some special reason to change it. 1842G. S. Faber Prov. Lett. (1844) I. 230 Correctly insisting upon the Romish Retainment of the great Catholic Articles of Faith. |
