Obs. Also 6 vady-, 7 vademony. [ad. L. vadimōnium, f. vad-, vas bail, surety.] A pledge or recognisance.
1502. Arnolde, Chron. (1811), 2. That they haue ther vadymonies [printed -memes] and weddes: the xiiii. artycle.
c. 1620. A. Hume, Brit. Tongue (1865), 22. The accent in the fourth syllab from the end; as in mátrimonie, pátrimonie, vádimonie.
1654. Warren, Unbelievers, 48. His Obligation was arbitrary and voluntary; not arising from the guilt of … sin, but by way of vadimony, and susception.
1699. J. Barry, Reviv. Cordial (1802), 80. In this work,… which he himself, as vademony and surety for God’s elect, hath undertaken to … perform.
