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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_114471" /> == | |||
<p> "a term which properly means the arrangement of a household ( | <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" /> == | |||
<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" /> == | |||
<p> "the right arrangement of things," and distinct from Frugality, which is "the careful and fitting use of things." </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_114471"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/economy Economy from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_38331"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/economy Economy from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_38331"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/economy Economy from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_72777"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/economy Economy from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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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."
