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- noun Plural form of
exactor .
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Examples
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Matthew stopped cheating and abusing his people tax collectors were paid a share of the taxes they collected and had a staff called exactors to smack the snot out of anyone who didn't want to pay up and followed Jesus.
This years Al Smith dinner Dymphna 2008
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Matthew stopped cheating and abusing his people tax collectors were paid a share of the taxes they collected and had a staff called exactors to smack the snot out of anyone who didn't want to pay up and followed Jesus.
Archive 2008-10-01 Dymphna 2008
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OTTAWA - In the lower level of a building where bettors fret about things such as exactors and triactors, where busloads of casino-goers stuff slot machines full of 20-dollar bills - sweat-soaked men are hip - tossing and bodyslamming each other.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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(See Isa 3: 4). oppressors -- literally, "exactors," that is, exacting princes (Isa
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The second great officer of the corporation was the camerlingo, or treasurer; at one time his office was even more important than that of the consul, but little by little a large part of his powers went to computors, exactors, taxators, depositors.
The Guilds 2007
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For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
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For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
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O my people, your exactors glean you, and those who extort from you shall rule over you.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Isaiah 60. 1999
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And a little after, for shepherds, exactors, and publicans, restitution is difficult.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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