the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Private
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.
(2):
(a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary.
(3):
(a.) Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
(4):
(a.) Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
(5):
(a.) Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
(6):
(n.) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
(7):
(n.) Personal interest; particular business.
(8):
(n.) Privacy; retirement.
(9):
(n.) One not invested with a public office.
(10):
(n.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
(11):
(n.) The private parts; the genitals.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Private'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/private.html. 1828.