Difference between revisions of "Economy"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_114471" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_114471" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the [[Jewish]] economy. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Orderly]] arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38331" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38331" /> == | ||
<p> "a term which properly means the arrangement of a household ( | <p> "a term which properly means the arrangement of a household ( '''''Οἰκονομία''''' ) '','' but is also frequently employed by ecclesiastical writers for the ''Practical Measures'' adopted in order to give effect to a divine dispensation. The Jewish economy included all the details of spiritual and secular government, but the [[Christian]] economy, belonging to a 'kingdom not of this world,' has no direct reference to political arrangements." (See [[Dispensation]]). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72777" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72777" /> == |
Latest revision as of 10:19, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the Jewish economy.
(2): ( n.) The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy.
(3): ( n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony.
(4): ( n.) Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
"a term which properly means the arrangement of a household ( Οἰκονομία ) , but is also frequently employed by ecclesiastical writers for the Practical Measures adopted in order to give effect to a divine dispensation. The Jewish economy included all the details of spiritual and secular government, but the Christian economy, belonging to a 'kingdom not of this world,' has no direct reference to political arrangements." (See Dispensation).
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [3]
"the right arrangement of things," and distinct from Frugality, which is "the careful and fitting use of things."