Where does tablement come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

tablement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Obsolete

"When we had fetched therefore a circuit about, we ſat us downe upon the tablements on the South ſide of the temple, nere unto the chappell of Tellus, that is to ſay, the Earth, where we beheld the waters of the Fountain Caſtilius, and the temple of the Muſes, with admiration, […]"

From Middle English tablement, from Anglo-Norman tablement; equivalent to table + -ment.

tablements (plural)

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