m A weight placed to press down: also, in some districts, a weighty load. 2 A load, burden, obligation, in the figurative sense; e. g. a rite or practice of which the observance, or an endowment &c. of which the support, is required from us by the example of our forefathers or our predecessors in office.
m A weight placed to press down: also, in some districts, a weighty load. 2 A load, burden, obligation, in the figurative sense; e. g. a rite or practice of which the observance, or an endowment &c. of which the support, is required from us by the example of our forefathers or our predecessors in office.