APPOINTMENTS
Noun
appointments
plural of appointment
Source: Wiktionary
APPOINTMENT
Ap*point"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. appointement.]
1. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office
or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable
men.
2. The state of being appointed to somappointment of treasurer.
3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an
appointment to meet at six.
4. Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to
submit to the divine appointments.
According to the appointment of the priests. Ezra vi. 9.
5. (Law)
Definition: The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of
appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property;
also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is
appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of
military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.
The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their
appointments. Prescott.
I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of appoinment,
that thou liest. Beau. & Fl.
7. An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite;
– properly only in the plural. [Obs.]
An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary.
Chesterfield.
8. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public
exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. [U.S.]
Syn.
– Designation; command; order; direction; establishment; equipment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition