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| *I. The [[action]] of assuring.* Of making certain. | | *I. The [[action]] of assuring.* Of making certain. |
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| :1. A [[promise]] or engagement making a thing certain; a [[formal]] engagement, pledge, or guarantee. | | :1. A [[promise]] or engagement making a thing certain; a [[formal]] engagement, pledge, or guarantee. |
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| :b. esp. An engagement guaranteeing [[peace]] and safety; terms of peace. Obs. exc. Hist. | | :b. esp. An engagement guaranteeing [[peace]] and safety; terms of peace. Obs. exc. Hist. |
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| :3. A positive declaration intended to give [[confidence]]. Of making secure. | | :3. A positive declaration intended to give [[confidence]]. Of making secure. |
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| + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Assurance''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Assurance this link].</center> |
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| :4. Law. The securing of a title to property; the conveyance of lands or tenements by deed; a legal evidence of the conveyance of property.killsI5. The [[action]] of insuring or securing the value of property in the event of its being lost, or of securing the payment of a specified sum in the event of a [[person]]'s [[death]]; insurance. Technically, the present usage is to differentiate life-assurance, and fire- and marine-insurance; though, as will be seen from the quotations, assurance was the original term in reference to marine risks. | | :4. Law. The securing of a title to property; the conveyance of lands or tenements by deed; a legal evidence of the conveyance of property.killsI5. The [[action]] of insuring or securing the value of property in the event of its being lost, or of securing the payment of a specified sum in the event of a [[person]]'s [[death]]; insurance. Technically, the present usage is to differentiate life-assurance, and fire- and marine-insurance; though, as will be seen from the quotations, assurance was the original term in reference to marine risks. |
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| ::: b. in Theol. (See quote) | | ::: b. in Theol. (See quote) |
− | <blockquote>1651 C. CARTWRIGHT Cert. Relig. I. 251 The Doctrine of Protestants concerning assurance of salvation..viz. that a man may have this assurance.
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− | 1852 SIR W. HAMILTON Disc. (1853) 508 Assurance, Personal Assurance, Special Faith, (the feeling of certainty that God is propitious to me,that my sins are forgiven).</blockquote> | + | |
| + | ::::1852 SIR W. HAMILTON Disc. (1853) 508 Assurance, Personal Assurance, Special Faith, (the feeling of certainty that God is propitious to me,that my sins are forgiven). |
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| :9. Self-confidence, self-reliance; confidence of [[manner]], steadiness, intrepidity. | | :9. Self-confidence, self-reliance; confidence of [[manner]], steadiness, intrepidity. |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |
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