concernment
Example Sentences
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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
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
This then that we have in hand is one thing of greatest moment and concernment in the world.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
That persons of known integrity may be employed in all parts, and a sufficient salary allowed, as becomes a trust of that great concernment.
From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.
A great concernment of this commonwealth 'which his Highness is eagerly set upon.'
From British Committees, Commissions, and Councils of Trade and Plantations, 1622-1675 by Andrews, Charles M.
