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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1657-1658
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Praemonie, n. [? Nonce alteration of e.m.E. parsimonie, -mony, with substitution of L. pref. præ- ‘before’.] ? Taking thought beforehand in the employment of money, prudent and cautious use of money, frugality. — a1658 Durham Commandments 248.
For certainly God alloweth praemonie, or sutable and due sparing, and frugalitie as he disalloweth … the extreams in the defect and excess
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