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affermance (1354)
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The form affirmance is a cross reference to the following entry:

affermance (1354)

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affermaunce;  affirmance  
  FEW:  affirmare 24,252a Gdf:  afermance 1,132b GdfC: ∅ TL: afermance 1,179 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  affermance  / affirmance  TLF: ∅ OED:  affirmance n.  MED:  affermaunce n.  DMLBS: ∅

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1affirmation: 
( 1387-88 )  Ceste acceptacion, affermance & establissement touchant les assemblés  Stats ii 49
( 1397 )  pour greindre connissance et affirmance de mon propre fait  Test Ebor i 235
2confirmation: 
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  la affermance et la obligation de touz les sept pecchez  Sz Med1 89
( 1374 )  voz lettres […] touchantes si bien les trieues et l’affermance d’ycelles come le tretee nostre Sr. le Roy  Bruges 76.2
( 1397 )  pur la roboration, establissement, et affermance de les choses suis ditz les ditz prelatz […] ovesqe un assent establisserent come aprés s’ensuit  Rot Parl1 iii 356
( 1403-04 )  a temps de celle affermance le dit manoir estoit en ses maynes  Rot Parl1 iii 530
en affermance de
in affirmation of: 
( 1397 )  les autres adresserent lour maines dextres, en affirmance de leur serementz  Rot Parl1 iii 359
( 1497-98 )  cest estatut […] est en affirmance del comen ley  Exchequer Chamber ii 165
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