exigences

Like the steward in the parable, “they cannot dig, to beg they are ashamed;” and like him, they too often resort to unworthy means to supply their exigences.

From Newton Forster The Merchant Service by Frederick Marryat

This exclusive maintenance, and yet extension of the Creed, according to the exigences of the times, is instanced in other Fathers.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Cardinal Newman

The Emperor, as I shall hereafter have occasion to notice, has very little surplus revenue at his disposal, and is frequently distressed for money to pay his army and other exigences of the state.

From Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton by Sir John Barrow

To obviate future exigences, Constantia betook herself once more to the needle.

From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown

Malagise deals in magic, and has a swarm of demons at his back for all exigences.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds