agendum

Definitions

  • WordNet 3.6
    • n agendum a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
    • Agendum A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda
    • Agendum Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book; also, a list of items to be considered. See agenda.
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
    • n agendum A thing to be done: usually in the plural, things to be done; duties. Specifically — Items of business to be brought before a committee, council, board, etc., as things to be done. Matters of practice, as opposed to credenda, or matters of belief.
    • n agendum Especially— Matters of ecclesiastical practice; ritual or liturgy. As a collective singular, a memorandum-book.
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Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
L., neut. of the gerundive of agere, to act

Usage

In literature:

For God's sake, aim at perfection in everything: 'Nil actum reputans si quid superesset agendum.
"The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son" by The Earl of Chesterfield
Their main agendum was to pronounce their complete independence of men.
"Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 10, 1920" by Various
Et ad similiter agendum etiam alios inducere diligenter studuit.
"Henry the Sixth" by John Blacman
Tum id agendum est ut ante caput deinde reliqua pars auferatur.
"Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times" by John Stewart Milne
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