œconomy

plural œconomies

1. archaicArchaic spelling of economy.

   Its strong taste, its tendency to deliquiate, and indeed all its properties, lead us to think, that it would act powerfully on the animal œconomy […]

   1790, Antoine-François de Fourcroy, Elements of natural history, and of chemistry

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   At the age of seventeen or eighteen, they should be indulged, even FOR A MORAL PURPOSE, in fishing, shooting, hunting*, tennis, cricket, and all other diversions consistent with safety, good company, health^†, and œconomy.

   1785, Vicesimus Knox, Liberal Education: Or, a Practical Treatise on the Methods of Acquiring Useful and Polite Learning, §XXXI: on the regulation of puerile diversions, part 4