decidement

See also: décidément

English

Etymology

From decide +‎ -ment.

Noun

decidement (plural decidements)

1. (obsolete) decision.
   • c. 1615–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Loves Pilgramage, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     there be times, and terms of honour / To argue these things in, decidements able / To speak ye noble gentlemen, ways punctual

References

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