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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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