Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abbreviature"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abbreviature \Ab*bre"vi*a*ture\, n.
1. An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form. [Obs.]
2. An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.
This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty
of a Christian. --Jer. Taylor.
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