資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.