English

Noun

invitement ‎(plural invitements)

1. (obsolete) invitation

   These are great invitements unto men to become saints — Thomas Goodwin.

   • c. 1621–6, Massinger, Philip, “The Unnatural Combat”, in Gifford, William, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, Act 1, Scene 1, published 1845, page 35:

     I'll seek no other ordinary then, / But be his daily guest without invitement;

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chapman to this entry?)