Definition of "operoseness" []

• The state of being operose; tedium. (noun)

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• "With these observations I pass the major of this syllogism; the minor he thus confirms: — “If the saints be in no possibility of being finally overcome by Satan, or of miscarrying in the great and most important business of their salvation, by his snares and subtleties, all that operoseness and diligence of the Holy"