exament (egzamen)

[= F. examen = Sp. exámen = Pg. exame = It. esame = D. G. Dan. Sw. examen, After so fair an examen , wherein nothing has been exaggerated. Burke , Vind, of Nat. Society. No questions were put to them [deacons to be ordained] by the bishop, for that part of the service called the Ex amen belonged not to their degree. R. W. Dizon , Hist. Church of Eng., xvii. 2048