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AGENDA

Volume 1 · 71 words · 1778 Edition

among philosophers and divines, signifies the duties which a man lies under an obligation to perform; thus, we meet with the agenda of a Christian, or the duties he ought to perform; in opposition to the credenda, or things he is to believe.

among merchants, a term sometimes used for a memorandum-book, in which is set down all the business to be transacted during the day, either at home or abroad.