the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Business
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure.
(2):
(n.) Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.
(3):
(n.) The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.
(4):
(n.) Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.
(5):
(n.) That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.
(6):
(n.) Affair; concern; matter; - used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words.
(7):
(n.) Care; anxiety; diligence.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Business'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/business.html. 1828.
