affirmance

[ uh-fur-muhns ]

noun

Origin of affirmance

1350–1400; Middle English affermance<Middle French; see affirm, -ance

The Attorney-General supported Mr. Walpole in affirmance of this principle.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. XI. (of 12) | Edmund Burke
The action of the present Houses, moreover, is an affirmance of their right to eliminate the false votes from the true.
The Electoral Votes of 1876 | David Dudley Field
I propose to ask your attention for a little while to some propositions in affirmance of that statement.
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Five | Abraham Lincoln
The General paused for the effect, solemnly nodding his head at his astounded auditors in affirmance.
True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office | Arthur Train
But he is of your own faith, and his lightest affirmance would weigh down the most solemn protestations of the distressed Jewess.
Ivanhoe | Walter Scott

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