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toll — 1 n [Old English, tax or fee paid for a liberty or privilege, ultimately from Late Latin telonium custom house, from Greek tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of tolls, from telos tax, toll]: a charge for the use of a transportation route or… … Law dictionary
toll — təʊl n. tax, charge, levy; grievous price; act or sound of ringing a bell v. ring … English contemporary dictionary
tolled — təʊl n. tax, charge, levy; grievous price; act or sound of ringing a bell v. ring … English contemporary dictionary
tolling — təʊl n. tax, charge, levy; grievous price; act or sound of ringing a bell v. ring … English contemporary dictionary
tolls — təʊl n. tax, charge, levy; grievous price; act or sound of ringing a bell v. ring … English contemporary dictionary
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
Murder of Sophie Lancaster — The Murder of Sophie Lancaster was a murder case in the United Kingdom in 2007. The victim, along with her boyfriend, Robert Maltby, was attacked by a number of males in their mid teens while walking through Stubbylee Park in Bacup, Rossendale in … Wikipedia
SLAVERY — BIBLICAL LAW The Hebrew term for slave, eved (pl. avadim), is a direct derivation from the verb ʿbd, to work ; thus, the slave is only a worker or servant. The eved differs from the hired worker (sakhir) in three respects: he receives no wages… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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Simony — • Usually defined a deliberate intention of buying or selling for a temporal price such things as are spiritual of annexed unto spirituals Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Simony Simony … Catholic encyclopedia
