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  • 101Diezmo — The diezmo was a compulsory ecclesiastical tithe collected in Spain and its empire from the Middle Ages until the reign of Isabella II in the mid 19th century. Contents 1 History 2 Spanish America 3 Other Spanish taxes called diezm …

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  • 102Decimate — Dec i*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decimating}.] [L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See {Decimal}.] 1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. Johnson. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …

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  • 103Decimated — Decimate Dec i*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decimating}.] [L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See {Decimal}.] 1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. Johnson. [1913… …

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  • 104Decimating — Decimate Dec i*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decimating}.] [L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See {Decimal}.] 1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. Johnson. [1913… …

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  • 105Michael the Syrian — (died 1199 AD), also known as Michael the Great or Michael Syrus or Michael the Elder, in opposition to his nephew[1], was a patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1166 to 1199. He is best known today as the author of the largest medieval… …

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  • 106ephah — noun An ancient Hebrew unit of dry volume measure, equal to a bath or to one tenth of a homer. It is approximately equal to 22 litres. Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure …

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  • 107dime — chosen 1786 as name for U.S. 10 cent coin, from dime a tenth, tithe (late 14c.), from O.Fr. disme (Mod.Fr. dîme) a tenth part, from L. decima (pars) tenth (part), from decem ten (see TEN (Cf. ten)). The verb meaning to inform (on someone) is… …

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  • 108tithe — [tīth] n. [ME < OE teothe, contr. < teogotha, a TENTH] 1. one tenth of the annual produce of one s land or of one s annual income, paid as a tax or contribution to support a church or its clergy 2. a) a tenth part b) any small part 3. any… …

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  • 109Mill (currency) — The mill or mille (₥) (sometimes mil in the UK, when discussing property taxes in the United States, or previously in Cyprus and Malta) is a now abstract unit of currency used sometimes in accounting. In the United States, it is a notional unit… …

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  • 110Bagimonds Roll — was a roll used for taxation in Scotland. In 1274 the council of Lyons imposed a tax of a tenth part of all church revenues during the six following years for the relief of the Holy Land. In Scotland, Pope Gregory X, entrusted the collection of… …

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