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- noun Plural form of
abbreviature .
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The hand of Providence writes often by abbreviatures, hieroglyphicks or short characters, which, like the Laconism [71] on the wall, are not to be made out but by a hint or key from that Spirit which indited them.
Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863
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