guardenage
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)dənɪd͡ʒ/
Noun
guardenage
- Alternative form of guardianage.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book VII.] Of Such as Were Carried Forth upon the Biers to Be Buried, and Revived Againe.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 184:
- [H]ee was come from his younger brother, who had recommended his daughter to his tuition and guardenage: […]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pepys to this entry?)
References
- “guardenage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “guardianage, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.