English

Noun

abaisance ‎(plural abaisances)

1. Obsolete form of obeisance. [from the late 17th century to the mid 18th century]^[1]
   • 1675, Richard Allestree, The art of contentment:

     Haman can find no gust in all the sensualities of the Persian Court, because a poor despicable Jew denies his abaisance.

References

1. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 2