Abbreviature

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abbreviature \Ab*bre"vi*a*ture\, n.
     1. An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form. [Obs.]
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     2. An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.
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              This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty
              of a Christian.                       --Jer. Taylor.
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