agendum
AmericanUsage
See agenda.
Etymology
Origin of agendum
1895–1900; < Latin, gerund of agere to do
Example Sentences
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Principal agendum of the pages standing at the rostrum steps was to lift the train of each ascending delegate with combined dexterity, good timing and discretion.
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The next most important agendum was the division of reparations so far received, a matter complicated by profits derived from the Ruhr occupation, seizures made, deliveries in kind received, etc.
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But a principal agendum of the conference is the limitation of submarines.
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Their main agendum was to pronounce their complete independence of men.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 10, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
Voluntas autem cum sit potentia rationalis, diversimode potest ad agendum ordinari: et ideo oportet in voluntate aliquem habitum ponere, quo bene disponatur ad suum actum ...,”—ibid. art.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
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