Difference between revisions of "Collector"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_102048" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_102048" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) [[A]] compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) One authorized to collect debts. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) [[A]] bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_33533" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_33533" /> == | ||
<p> (ἄρχων φορολογίας, chief of the tribute-levy), a tax-gatherer (1 [[Maccabees]] 1:29). (See [[Publican]]). </p> | <p> (ἄρχων φορολογίας, ''chief of the tribute-levy'' ), a tax-gatherer ( 1 [[Maccabees]] 1:29). (See [[Publican]]). </p> | ||
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Revision as of 01:59, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll.
(2): (n.) One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins.
(3): (n.) A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.
(4): (n.) One authorized to collect debts.
(5): (n.) A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(ἄρχων φορολογίας, chief of the tribute-levy ), a tax-gatherer ( 1 Maccabees 1:29). (See Publican).
