Citations:œconomies

Noun: antiquated spelling of

 * 1780, David Cranz, The ancient and modern history of the Brethren, Part VII, § 179, page #410:
 * In this manner, the exigences of the congregations, colonies, miſſions, and œconomies became, from year to year, more conſiderable ; the more ſo, as, here and there, the former ſimple and frugal houſekeeping was laid aſide, and this deviation could not be immediately redreſſed, on account of the circumſtances of the times, as related above.