exercise (the general meaning of ‘practice’ is the most usual; 4 cf. ‘Sermons, commonly termed by some Prophesies or Exercises,’ Canons of the Church, 1604; for Tp. I. ii. 328* see the comm.)
1.
habitual practice or
employment
Wint. I. ii. 166
“He's all my ,”
3H6 IV. vi. 85
“hunting was his daily
”
2.
acquired skill (S.)
Ham. IV. vii. 97.
3.
religious devotion or
act of worship Wint. III. ii.
242,
R3 III. vii. 63
“his holy ,”
Oth. III. iv. 42.
4.
preaching, discourse
R3 III. ii. 109.
