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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_179328" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_179328" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) [[Settled]] pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually. </p> <p> (2): (v. t.) To pay by settled wages. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Settled]] pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To pay by settled wages. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_62334" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_62334" /> == | ||
<p> (stipendium) is settled pay for services, whether daily, monthly, or annual. [[Salary]] (q.v.), as the name implies, was originally money, given for salt, and then money for general purposes. [[Stipend]] was the pay given to the | <p> (stipendium) is settled pay for services, whether daily, monthly, or annual. [[Salary]] (q.v.), as the name implies, was originally money, given for salt, and then money for general purposes. [[Stipend]] was the pay given to the Roman soldier, while emolument, as the word denotes, was the tithe of grist paid to him who owned the mola, or mill. In a state church, the stipend is secured by law; in non-established churches it depends on the equity and generosity of the [[Christian]] people. (See [[Tithes]]); (See [[Teind]]). </p> | ||
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