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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Abbreviature  \Ab*bre"vi*a*ture\,  n. 
  1.  An  abbreviation;  an  abbreviated  state  or  form  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  An  abridgment;  a  compendium  or  abstract. 
 
  This  is  an  excellent  abbreviature  of  the  whole  duty 
  of  a  Christian.  --Jer.  Taylor. 

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