concernment (konsernment)

[ They thought the matter... weighty and general to the concernment of all the country. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 385. Locke . The great concernment of men is with men. Propositions which extend only to the present life are small, compared with those that have influence upon our everlasting concernments. Watts , Improvement of Mind. 2. The state or fact of concerning or affecting one's interest or happine ; importance; mo ment. It is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how Bookes demeane themselves as well as men. Milton , Areopagitica, p. 5. Let every action of concernment be begun with prayer. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 407. Much busine of a trifling nature and personal concern ment withdraws their attention from matters of great national moment. Washington, in Bancroft's Hist. Const., I. 282. 3. The state of being concerned or occupied; interference; participation. He married a daughter to the earl, without any other approbation of her father or concernment in it than suffering him and her to come into his presence. Clarendon. 4. The state of being concerned or anxious; concern; solicitude; anxiety. We cannot so speedily recollect ourselves after a scene of great pa ion and concernment, as to pa to another of mirth and humour, and to enjoy it with any relish. Dryden, E . on Dram. Poesy. The Lord had taken care that we should not forget her, and those with her: for he had raised and begotten an heavenly concernment in our souls for her and them. Penn, Travels in Holland, ete.