• Empeachment

    Origin

    empeach + -ment

    Full definition of empeachment

    Noun

    empeachment

    (plural empeachments)
    1. Obsolete form of impeachment
      • 1530, Edward Foxe quoted in, The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, Book II., page #85:PLeaÅ¿eth in your HighneÅ¿s to be advertiÅ¿ed, That arriving here at Cotton Cambridg upon Satury laÅ¿t paÅ¿t at noon, that Å¿ame night, and Sunday in the Morning, we deviÅ¿ed with the Vice‐chancellour, and Å¿uch other as favoureth your Grace’s CauÅ¿e, how and in what Å¿ort to compaÅ¿s and attain your Grace’s PurpoÅ¿e and Intent ; wherein we aÅ¿Å¿ure your Grace, we found much towardneÅ¿s, good will, and diligence, in the Vice‐Chancellour and Dr. Edmunds, being as Å¿tudious to Å¿erve your Grace as we could wiÅ¿h or deÅ¿ire : NevertheleÅ¿s there was no Å¿o much care, labour, Å¿tudy, and diligence employed on our Party, by them, our Å¿elf, and other, for attaining your Grace’s PurpoÅ¿e, but threr was as much done by others for the lett and empeachment of the Å¿ame ; and as we aÅ¿Å¿embled they aÅ¿Å¿embled, as we made Friends they made Friends, to lett that nothing Å¿hould paÅ¿s as in the UniverÅ¿ities Names ; wherein the firÅ¿t day they were Superiors, for they had put in the ears of them, by whoÅ¿e Voices Å¿uch things do paÅ¿s, multas fabulas, to tedious to write unto your Grace.
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