"strait-handedness" meaning in English

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          "text": "But in Ezra’s and Nehemiah’s Time, too much Senſuality and Sabbath-breaking, Oppreſſion, Strait-handedneſs reſpecting the publick VVorſhip of God (the very ſame Sins that are found vvith us) vvere common prevailing Iniquities.",
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        "(archaic) The quality of being strait-handed; greed; stinginess."
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          "text": "But in Ezra’s and Nehemiah’s Time, too much Senſuality and Sabbath-breaking, Oppreſſion, Strait-handedneſs reſpecting the publick VVorſhip of God (the very ſame Sins that are found vvith us) vvere common prevailing Iniquities.",
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