Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as didrachm.
Wiktionary
- n. An Ancient Greek silver coin worth two drachmas.
Examples
“Roman government, is apparent from the specification of the "didrachma," which in the authorized version is translated "tribute.”
“In Matt. 17: 24-27 the word denotes the temple rate (the "didrachma," the "half-shekel," as rendered by the”
“[They that receive the (didrachma) tribute-money.]”
“And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that received the didrachmas, came to Peter, and said to him: Doth not your master pay the didrachma?”
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision
“The Transfiguration of Christ: He cures the lunatic child: foretells his passion; and pays the didrachma.”
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision
“A didrachma was half a sicle, or half a stater; that is, about 15d.”
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision
“Finally, the prophetic element of the fortunes of the individual and of the Church is shown in the miracles of stilling the tempest, of Christ on the waters, of the draught of fishes, of the didrachma and the barren fig tree.”
“The Jews of the Diaspora paid a temple tax, a kind of Peter's-pence; a didrachma being required from every male adult.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
“On his return to Capernaum the collectors of the temple tax (a didrachma, half a sacred shekel), which every Israelite of twenty years old and upwards had to pay (Ex. 30: 15), came to”
“A tax levied by the political powers would not be designated as the didrachma.”
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hernesheir And dinar = 6:15 p.m. today. Jan 21, 2013
bilby Immortalised in the magic lantern classic 'Zero Didrachma Thirty' about the hunt for Boer War outlaws. Jan 21, 2013
hernesheir Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "3:30 a.m. to-morrow. US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906, p.176. Jan 21, 2013