The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abbreviature \Ab*bre"vi*a*ture\, n.
An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form. [Obs.]
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An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.
This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a Christian.
--Jer. Taylor.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An abridgment; a compendium; an abstract. (since the late 16th century)(R:SOED5: page=3) 2 (lb en obsolete) An abbreviated state or form. (only during the early to mid 17th century) 3 A shortened form of a word or phrase, used in place of the whole; an abbreviation. (since the mid 17th century) 4 (lb en obsolete) The process of abbreviating. (only during the early to late 17th century)
Usage examples of "abbreviature".
The Hand of Providence writes often by Abbreviatures, Hieroglyphics or short Characters, which, like the Laconism on the Wall, are not to be made out but by a Hint or Key from that Spirit which indicted them.