1. (n.) That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by government on goods imported into a country.

2. (n.) The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests.

5056. telos -- an end, a toll
... of an act or state (termination (literally, figuratively or indefinitely), result
(immediate, ultimate or prophetic), purpose); specially, an impost or levy ...
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The Coin in the Fish's Mouth
... Son. The whole point of the story depends upon the fact that this
tribute-money was not a civil, but an ecclesiastical impost. It ...
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Connecticut at the Close of the Revolution
... one hand and to Massachusetts' sense of impoverishment on the other; and thus, for
every article imported through either state, Connecticut paid an impost tax. ...
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Alcuin on True Missionary Labours.
... whether or no it is wise to impose on these savage tribes, in the commencement of
their faith, the yoke of tithes, (the ecclesiastical impost, so hateful to ...
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To what Profit the Romans Carried on Wars, and How Much they ...
... of a few, with this one condition, that the humbler class who had no lands of their
own should live at the public expense"an alimentary impost, which would ...
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Due Measure must be Observed in Liberality, that it May not be ...
... He fixed the impost at a fifth of their whole produce, and thus showed himself
clear-sighted in making provision for the future, and liberal in the tax he laid ...
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Additional Notes
... From the document quoted above we learn that in Oriel, under Donough
O'Carroll, "tithes were received""evidently a new impost. ...
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Preface to the Benedictine Edition.
... The people of Antioch, that is to say, the superior class of the citizens, dismayed
at the burden of this impost, first approached the prefect, and with tears ...
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Appendix iv. An Abstract of Jewish History from the Reign of ...
... [6351] Complaints had long been made that this heavy impost was not paid by the
majority of the common people, and it was deemed better to devote the ...
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Impost (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of
an arch rests. Multi-Version Concordance Impost (2 Occurrences). ...
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Taxing (3 Occurrences)
... 2. Under the Theocracy; in the Period of the Judges: The only fixed impost under
theocracy which has a semi-civil character was the so-called "atonement money ...
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Tax (43 Occurrences)
... 2. Under the Theocracy; in the Period of the Judges: The only fixed impost under
theocracy which has a semi-civil character was the so-called "atonement money ...
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Impossible (31 Occurrences)

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Impaired (1 Occurrence)
... Ezra 4:13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the
walls finished, they will not pay tribute, impost, or toll, and so thou wilt ...
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Imposters (1 Occurrence)

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Revenues (7 Occurrences)
... Ezra 4:13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the
walls finished, they will not pay tribute, impost, or toll, and so thou wilt ...
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Duty (90 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government
to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods. ...
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Joash (49 Occurrences)
... To enforce this impost would have involved a new census, and the memory of the
judgments which attended David's former attempt of this kind may well have had a ...
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Jehoash (28 Occurrences)
... To enforce this impost would have involved a new census, and the memory of the
judgments which attended David's former attempt of this kind may well have had a ...
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