the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Position
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
(2):
(v. t.) To indicate the position of; to place.
(3):
(n.) The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
(4):
(n.) The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
(5):
(n.) Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.
(6):
(n.) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; - called also the rule of trial and error.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Position'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/position.html. 1828.
