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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic) The quality of being strait-handed; greed; stinginess..
But in Ezra’s and Nehemiah’s Time, too much Senſuality and Sabbath-breaking, Oppreſſion, Strait-handedneſs reſpecting the publick VVorſhip of God (the very ſame Sins that are found vvith us) vvere common prevailing Iniquities.
It is also evident that men are under the prevailing power of a worldly spirit, by their strait-handedness as to publick concernments.
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Strait-handedness means (archaic) The quality of being strait-handed; greed; stinginess..
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But in Ezra’s and Nehemiah’s Time, too much Senſuality and Sabbath-breaking, Oppreſſion, Strait-handedneſs reſpecting the publick VVorſhip of God (the very ſame Sins that are found vvith us) vvere common prevailing Iniquities.
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