[ajurnement] (c.1170)
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[ajurnement] (c.1170)

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  FEW:  diurnum 3,105b Gdf:  ajornement 1,205c GdfC:  ajournement 8,65b TL: ajornement 1,268 DEAF:  jor (ajornement) J583 DMF:  ajournement  TLF:  ajournement  OED:  adjournment n.  MED:  ajournement n.  DMLBS:  adjornamentum 29b
adjornement,  adjournement;  ajornement,  ajournement;   

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1timedaybreak, dawn, morning: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  ja mais ne verrai nul autre ajornement  4303
2delay, postponement: 
( 1291 )  qe par plus bref ajournement e plus hastyf remedye covendrunt estre pledez e termynez  i 254
♦lawadjournment, pausing or postponing legal proceedings: 
( 1307 )  e de sicome il fust ajorné au derreyn parlement […] le quel ajornement sire G. […] fit arouller en son roulle  iii 182
( 1341 )  Les utaves compernent .iiij. jours, car ceste (l. c’est?) autre ajournement qe de jour en autre  15 Ed III 269
3arranged or postponed meeting: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Aprés la my esté par commun assent Estoyt ad Kardoyl lur ajornement  399.1850
ajurnable  ajurnal  ajurner  enjurnement  jurnement 
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