Charity (Whitehead) n. 134

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134. (II.) The goods of use which individuals perform, from which the general good exists, are ministries, functions, offices, and various employments. By ministries are meant priestly offices and the duties pertaining to them; by functions, various offices of a civil nature; by employments are meant such vocations as those of artificers, which are numerous; and by offices, various pursuits, businesses, and services. Of these four the commonwealth or society consists.


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