The Only Use of
exigency
in
The Scarlet Letter
- For, though bred a lawyer, and accustomed to speak of Bacon, Coke, Noye, and Finch, as his professional associates, the exigencies of this new country had transformed Governor Bellingham into a soldier, as well as a statesman and ruler.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(exigency) a pressing or urgent situation