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the Week of Proper 7 / Ordinary 12
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Scruple
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a term used in the two senses of (I) perplexity, doubt, reluctance or hesitation, especially the moral doubt arising from the difficulties of conscience; (2) a unit of weight, -24part of the ounce in apothecaries' weight, =1 of a dram, 20 grains (1.296 grammes). The word is an adaptation of Fr. scrupule, Lat. scrupulus, scrupulum, primarily a small sharp stone, also used in both the English meanings, dim. of scrupus, a rough stone, figuratively uneasiness of mind, probably to be connected with the root skar, to cut, cf. Gr. o-apov, stonechippings, ?"vpov, a razor.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Scruple'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/scruple.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Scruple'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/scruple.html. 1910.
