concernment

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Nearly everyone, Washington observed with consternation and annoyance, had “matters of private concernment which required them to be absent.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

In Appellations and References of particular concernment, if all parties having interest, have been present in the inferiour Judicatorie when the Appeal and Reference was made, then there is no necessitie of citation.

From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly

But in cases of common concernment, difficulty, appeals, and the like, the preserving of the ordinances and church-members from pollution, doth belong to presbyteries and synods.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

I doubt it not, Se�or, but I have desired to see thee, this night, on a matter of private, rather than of public concernment.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

The simple appearance of distress was enough with the President; and if that were so with a man in concernment, what would it be with a woman?

From Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After by Smith, Henry Bascom