EMPLOY'MENT, n. The act of employing or using.
1. Occupation business that which engages the head or hands as agricultural employments mechanical employments. Men, whose employment is to make sport and amusement for others, are always despised.
2. Office public business or trust agency or service for another or for the public. The secretary of the treasury has a laborious and responsible employment. He is in the employment of government.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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