Tax-gatherer
11St. Matthew — St. Matthew † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Matthew Apostle and evangelist. The name Matthew is derived from the Hebrew Mattija, being shortened to Mattai in post Biblical Hebrew. In Greek it is sometimes spelled Maththaios, B D, and… …
12Civil disobedience — For other uses, see Civil disobedience (disambiguation). Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a figure known worldwide for advocating non violent civil disobedience. Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and …
13Akiba ben Joseph — Akiva redirects here. For other people and things with this name, see Akiva (disambiguation). Akiba ben Joseph (ca.50–ca.135 AD) (Hebrew: עקיבא) or simply Rabbi Akiva was a Judean tanna of the latter part of the 1st century and the beginning of… …
14wícgeréfa — m ( n/ n) bailiff, reeve of a wíc or vill; In gen., a tax gatherer, publican; A farmer general of the Roman revenues, usually from the equestrian order [publicanus], tax gatherer …
15ἀπαιτητάς — ἀπαιτητά̱ς , ἀπαιτητής tax gatherer masc acc pl ἀπαιτητά̱ς , ἀπαιτητής tax gatherer masc nom sg (epic doric aeolic) …
16exactor — In the civil law, a gatherer or receiver of money; a collector of taxes. In old English law, a collector of the public moneys; a tax gatherer. Thus, exactor regis was the name of the king s tax collector, who took up the taxes and other debts due …
17exactor — In the civil law, a gatherer or receiver of money; a collector of taxes. In old English law, a collector of the public moneys; a tax gatherer. Thus, exactor regis was the name of the king s tax collector, who took up the taxes and other debts due …
18BANKING AND BANKERS — Antiquity There is little likelihood that financial transactions played a prominent role in the pre Exilic epoch in Ereẓ Israel; according to the ethos of Jewish society, then founded on a pronounced agrarian structure, lending was part of the… …
19assessor — as·ses·sor /ə se sər/ n 1: one appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate; esp: one with special knowledge of the subject to be decided see also master 2: one that assesses; specif: one that is authorized to assess property for taxation …
20Thoreau, Henry David — born July 12, 1817, Concord, Mass., U.S. died May 6, 1862, Concord U.S. thinker, essayist, and naturalist. Thoreau graduated from Harvard University and taught school for several years before leaving his job to become a poet of nature. Back in… …
